Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 5, May 1901: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 5, May 1901, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 5, May 1901 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers "Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." In June 1900, “Birds and All Nature” was changed from “Birds and All Nature” to "Nature and Art" for a single issue (Vol VIII, No. 1). The title was changed again for the following issue in September 1900 to “Birds and Nature,” and this was kept through the remaining years of publication. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

Recording facts

• Recording title: Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 5, May 1901
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 2:08:04

Catalogue topics

• nature
• animals
• birds
• plants
• insects

Track guide

1. 01 - May — 0:59
2. 02 - Spring (excerpt) — 1:03
3. 03 - Audubon's Oriole — 5:54
4. 04 - To a Sea Bird — 1:22
5. 05 - From an Ornithologist's Year Book. The Heart of a Dryad. I. — 5:01
6. 06 - The Marbled Godwit — 5:27
7. 07 - A Bird-Joke at Leafy Lawn — 6:00
8. 08 - The Rusty Blackbird or Grackle — 4:24
9. 09 - What Evolution Means — 23:14
10. 10 - The Surf Scoter — 4:37
11. 11 - A Back-Yard Class — 11:22
12. 12 - The American Elk or Wapiti — 6:07
13. 13 - A Friendly Field Mouse — 2:33
14. 14 - The Opening of Winter Buds — 3:49
15. 15 - The Chambered Nautilus — 2:09
16. 16 - The Nautilus and Other Cephalopods — 23:06
17. 17 - God made all creatures — 0:35
18. 18 - The Trailing Arbutus — 5:45
19. 19 - Trailing Arbutus — 1:13
20. 20 - The Mountain Laurel — 3:46
21. 21 - Violets stir and arbutus waits — 0:43
22. 22 - Hops — 8:00
23. 23 - Awakening — 0:55

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