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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Hatch Ostrich Eggs in Incubator. 



What no less an authority than Cy 

 De Vry of the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chi- 

 cago, calls the first successful attempt 

 to incubate the eggs of captive ostrich- 

 es is recorded at the poultry division 

 of the University of Wisconsin, where 

 five of the long-legged desert birds 



for plumes shattered, it is likely that 

 the young ostriches will be sent back 

 to their place in the zoo. — Courtesy of 

 "Our Dumb Animals." 



The volume of nature is the book of 

 knowledge, and he becomes most wise 

 who makes the most judicious selec- 

 tion. — Goldsmith. 



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IlKALTIIV YOUNG OSTRICHES HATCHED IN INCUBATOR. 



were hatched in an ordinary hot air 

 incubator. 



After forty-two days' incubation, 

 these five husky birds kicked out of 

 their pewter-like shells and began to 

 hunt something to eat. The eggs were 

 given to the university by managers of 

 the Madison City Zoo, and that they 

 developed into sturdy young ostriches 

 was fully as big a surprise to the poul- 

 try men as to the natural history author- 

 ities. The parents of the young os- 

 triches are kept closely confined in a 

 small enclosure, a fact which made un- 

 likely the artificial incubation of their 

 eggs. 



The university poultrymen have not 

 decided what to do with their feathered 

 prodigies, which on being hatched were 

 nearly as large as a Plymouth Rock hen. 

 With chicken feed high and the market 



An Invitation. 



JY DON C. SKIT/, COS COB, CONNECTICUT. 



O come with me 

 To the depths of the sea 

 Where the oysters stew 

 And the loud sea-mew 

 Waileth so piteously! 



Where the Lobsters green 



In their armour preen 



And polish their shapely claws 



While the cod-fish pause 



To stare at their emerald sheen. 



Here the slim eel swims 

 And divides with the whims 

 The honors down below; 

 Where the shark's teeth show 

 And the cuttle his shadow dims. 



Meet here the whale 

 With his threshing tail 

 W T here the star-fish twinkles 

 And rounds up the wrinkles 

 Deep down in the ocean vale! 



