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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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the oxygen the insect breathes,makes it shine. I dont know what such big wordsmean, complained Madge. Please tellme so I can understand. Why is it thatthe fireflies dont shine in the daytime? I know, I know shouted Bird; Imlearning a speech to recite about it, onFriday, at school. It says— Oh, firefly of wondrous ray, Why do you never salute us by day ? Deep in the dark I have a background for showing my spark; But if T try to abolish the sun Who of all mortals will see me? Not one. Stars shine all the same in the day-time, said John; only we cant see themfor the sun; but Id like to hear moreabout these living lamps. We shall be compelled to leave thesubject for the present as the clock isstriking nine. Perhaps, if you are nottired of hearing about horrid bugs, asI often hear you call them, we will haveanother evening devoted to them. Oh, Auntie, said the repentant chil-dren, insects are such curious little crea-tures, we will never call them names agam—never! Belle Paxson Drury.
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KKSn.KNDl.N r TKOC.ON. (lli;iri)in;\c-nis inociniKi). Jh Lif(>-si/. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. W. MUMFORD, CHICAGO THE RESPLENDENT TROGON. ( Pharo7)iacrus mocinno.) The Trogon family consists of eightgenera, five of which are found onlyin Central and South America and in theWest Indies; one is confined to Africaand two to the islands of Java and Su-matra. This family is notable for thebrilliancy and softness of the plumage,and there are few birds which will exciteas much admiration as does the Resplen-dent Trogon. The skin is so singularly thin that ithas been not inaptly compared to wetblotting paper, and the plumage has solight a hold upon the skin that when thebird is shot the feathers are plentifullystruck from their sockets by its fall andthe blows which it receives from thebranches as it comes to the ground. Its eggs, of a pale bluish-green, werefirst procured by Mr. Robert Owen. Itschief home is in the^ mountains near Co-ban in Vera Paz, but it also inhabits for-ests in o

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