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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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The rings ered with down that usually wears off that appear at intervals on the stem are as the leaves mature,made by the bud scales. The growth in Mary Lee Van Hook. GREEN LEAVES After the whiteness of the wintry days Of the ice-locked nights and the frosty haze, As Nature revives from her frozen sleep, Warmed by the sun rays,—the rivulets leap Unfettered and free, and the south winds sing In the wondering woods, where the feet of Spring, Noiselessly tiptoes and dances along; After the cold comes the laughter and song. For the heart beats fast as the sky turns blue, And we feel the gladness of life run through Our sluggish veins with a swifter flight, And our heart goes out to the mountain height Where the trees are donning their green attire, And the maples glow^ with a living fire. After the ice and the snow and the cold, How the pulses bound as the eyes behold The Green Leaves flutter and thrill in the breeze, From the slender tips of the laughing trees! —Charles F. Fudge. 116
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FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES 138 WILSONS PETREL. (Oceanites oceanicus). % Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. W. MUMFORD, CHICAGO THE WILSONS PETREL (Oceanites oceaiiicusS) Mr. Chapman has well expressed avery interesting feature in the life ofthese Petrels which we quote: *It isgenerally known that some birds whichnest in the northern parts of our conti-nent, in the winter migrate as far southas Patagonia; but comparatively few areaware that during the summer we re-ceive several visitors from the southernparts of the southern hemisphere. Theyare all included in the family Procellar-iidce, and Wilsons Petrel is doubtlessthe most common. It breeds in the islandsof the South Atlantic in February, andafter the cares of the breeding season areover, migrates northward to pass thewinter off our coasts. While in theNorth their home is upon the ocean andit is seldom that they are seen on theland except during tempestuous storms.They are commonly known to sea voy-agers, who receive much pleasure

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