SONNET—OCTOBER. 97
October comes, a woodman old 97
THE YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. (_Empidonax flaviventris._) 98
THE REIGN OF THE WHIPPOORWILLS. 101
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. (_Regulus calendula._) 102
THE CORN SONG. 104
THE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. (_Contopus borealis._) 107
THE COMING OF MISS OCTOBER MONTH. 108
THE TREE SPARROW. (_Spizella monticola._) 110
THE SPARROWS’ BEDTIME. 113
THE SPARROW FAMILY. 114
MR. AND MRS. SPARROW’S BLUNDER. 115
A WINDOW-PANE REVERIE. 116
THE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. (_Dendroica virens._) 119
A LIBEL ON THE BIRDS. 120
BERYL. 122
SONG BIRDS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 127
THE AFRICAN LION. (_Felis leo._) 131
TROUTING BAREFOOT. 133
THE ALASKAN MOOSE. (_Alces gigas._) 134
There’s a wonderful weaver 137
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DUCK. FOUNDED UPON FACT. 138
A LOST FLOWER. 140
THE POLAR BEAR. (_Ursus maritimus._) 143
O, beautiful world of gold! 144