DECEMBER. 193
THE HOODED ORIOLE. (_Icterus cucullatus_.) 194
THE ORIOLE’S MISSION. 197
THE CLOTHES MOTH AND ITS METHODS. 197
INCIDENTS ABOUT BIRDS. 198
THE CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW. (_Antrostomus carolinensis_.) 201
AN AMATEUR CIRCUS. A True Story. 202
THE GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE. (_Leucosticte tephrocotis_.) 204
CORUNDUM AND SPINEL. 207
THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. (_Zonotrichia leucophrys_.) 213
AFTER THE SNOW STORM. 214
THE FEATHERED FISHERMAN. 215
A WINTER-PIECE AMONG THE PENTLANDS. 215
THE CARNATION. 216
WINTER SONG. 219
BUDS OF PROMISE. COLD WEATHER NOTES FROM NATURE. 220
HOW A CAT SAVED THE LIFE OF A CANARY. 222
THE POCKET RATS. 225
WINTER VISITORS. 226
BEAUTIFUL VINES TO BE FOUND IN OUR WILD WOODS III. 227
THE PERSIMMON. (_Diospyros virginiana_.) 228
AS TO ALLIGATORS. 231
DANDELION. (_Taraxacum taraxacum_ Karst.) 235
FROM SPRING TO RIVULET. 236
INDEX. Volume XII—June, 1902, to December, 1902, inclusive. 237