many places a nature-poet, and in these 

 touches of nature he does not forget 

 the birds, but very often compares the 

 movements of his heroes to them. 



"As a tawny Eagle darts upon the 

 flocks of winged birds feeding by the 

 river, flocks of Geese, of Cranes, of 

 long-necked Swans, so Hector darted 

 upon them." 



"The Trojans went with hue and cry 

 —like the birds when the cry of 

 the Cranes is in the front of heaven, 

 who, when they flee from the winter 

 and portentous storms, with cries fly 

 to the streams of Oceanus bearing 

 death and fate to the Pygmies, and at 

 dawn they bear forth with them their 

 evil strife." 



"As a bird bears a morsel for its un- 



fledged young whenever it obtains any, 

 but fares badly itself, so I have toiled 

 for other men and gained naught my- 

 self." 



"As many flocks of birds, of Geese, 

 Cranes, long-necked Swans, in an Asian 

 meadow by the banks of the Cayster 

 fly hither and thither exulting in their 

 wings as they settle down with cries 

 and the meadow reechoes, so flocks of 

 men poured from the tents and ships 

 into the plain of the Scamander." 



"As a flock of Meadow Larks or 

 Jackdaws comes with full, unbroken 

 cry when they see before them a Hawk 

 which bears destruction to small birds, 

 so with full, unbroken cry went the 

 youths of the Achaeans before Aineas 

 and Hector." 



SUMMARY. 



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AFRICAN LION— Felts leo capensis. 



Range — All over central and southern 

 Africa from the western to the eastern coast, 

 and as far north as the 20th degree of north- 

 ern latitude. 



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CACTI — (1) Echinocadus Le Contii, 

 Tempe, Arizona. (2) Mamillaria Sheerii, 

 Nogales, Arizona. 



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AMERICAN FLYING SQUIRREL — 



Pteromys volucella. 



Range— All over the United States and 

 Central America. 



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HUMMINGBIRDS — (1) Lampornis gra- 

 tnineus, Venezuela. (2) Petasophora Anais, 

 Columbia. (3) White-tailed Hummer. 



Page 223. 



SILK-WORM — Botnbyx mori. Originally 

 from China. 



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CALIFORNIA VULTURE- Psmdogryphus 

 calif ornianus. Other name: California 

 Condor. 



Range — Coast ranges of southern Cali- 

 fornia from Monterey Bay southward into 

 Lower California; formerly north to Frazer 

 River. 



Nest — On the bare floor of a cave in a 

 lofty precipice. 



Egg— One. 



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AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE— 6^/a«rzc>«^//a 

 clangula aniericana. Other names: Whis- 

 tler, Whistle Wing, Brass-eyed Whistler, 

 Great Head, Garrot. 



Range — North America, nesting from our 



northern boundaries to the far south, and 



wintering in the United States southward to» 



Cuba. 



Nest — In hollow trees, lined with grass, 



leaves, and moss. 



Eggs— Six to ten, ashy green in color. 



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AMERICAN SKUNK— i^^Z-AxV^ varians. 



Range — Extensive, being most plentiful 

 near Hudson Bay, whence it is distributed 

 southward. 



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