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reached an elevation computed to be about a tliouj^and feet : 

 to an observer on the earth it has dwindled to a mere speck. 

 It then begins to descend, not with an uniform down- 

 ward motion, but by a series of droppings, with intervals 

 of simple hovering, during which it seems to be resting on 

 its wmgs. Finally, as it draws near the earth, it ceases 

 its song, and descends more rapidly ; but before it touches 

 the ground, it recovers itself, sweeps away with an almost 

 horizontal flight for a short distance, and disappears in 

 the herbage." — Rev. C. A. Johns. 





