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. Birds and nature . ption Free! TF you would like a trial subscription*to Birds & Nature Magazine for thetrouble of writing one letter to us, and thecost of a two cent stamp, then you wouldbetter turn to page 7 of this issue for fullparticulars. Our Colored Pictures A^/E furnish the colored pictures in thisissue, printed singly on 7x9-inch have the largest collection of these plates(648 subjects) in the world, and can supplyprints from them to individuals, publishersor schools, for any purpose prices are as follows: 2 cents each,$ a hundred, $ a thousand. Wewill forward a complete set of these 648pictures for only $ Nature Photographs Wanted TF we are able to make this the mostbeautiful Nature magazine pubhshed, have your co-operation in the way ofNature photographs, and short sketches,and articles full of incident and action. Tellus what you have seen with your own shall be glad to pay for both photo-graphs and manuscripts which prove 21 BLUEBIRD. Sialia sialis. (Linn)Life-size. ^ED BY ATKINSON, MENTZER 4 GHOVER, CHICAGO Birds ScNature Magazine Vol. 1—No. 1 Old Series: Vol. 20, No. 4 MAY. 1907 Price 20 Cents $ a Year Postpaid How the Blue Birds Came Back By ELIZABETH and JOSEPH GRINNELL YESTERDAY the snow melted fromthe top of the great rocks in thewoods; the evergreens shading therocks lost their white load that hadbeen bearing down the branches for amonth ; the fences straggled their lean legswide apart, as if it were summer, only thetips of their toes resting on the surfacesnow; the north roof of the barn fringeditself w^ith icicles that tumbled down bynoon, sticking up at the base of the barn inthe drifts head foremost; the top dressingof white powder that for weeks had adornedthe woodpiles sifted down through the sticksin a wet scramble for the bottom. But yesterday the south wind puckeredup its lips and blew all over everything insight. The sun shines across the dooryardas it hasnt shon


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