ground, generally under a yucca plant 

 or a bush. They have been known to 

 nest in corn and grain fields. The num 

 ber of eggs in a set varies from eight to 

 sixteen, though a larger number is some 

 times found. The young are able to 

 move about as soon as they are hatched, 

 and the notes they utter are a simple but 



plain peep-peep. It is said that "the 

 young are wary, and crouch in or under 

 the smallest tufts of grass, while the par 

 ents remain in full sight." While the 

 males assist in the care of the young, 

 they do not assist in the duties of incuba 

 tion. 



FRANK MORLEY WOODRUFF. 



THE MEDALLION OF THE SKY 



Every one has talked of "the man in 

 the moon" who, according to the song, 

 is always "to be married next June," 

 and every little child that has -come 

 into this world has been half frightened, 

 half fascinated by the great potato face 

 it sees in the sky. And so strong are 

 our imaginations and so lasting our 

 first perceptions that many of us fail ut 

 terly to see God's lamp as the beautiful 

 cameo it really is. 



Look at it properly, it contains the 



profile view of a woman's uplifted face ; 

 there is a queenly poise to the head, 

 character in the rounded chin, and rare 

 beauty in the dark hair and white throat 

 of "the girl in the moon." When once 

 she is seen, the villanous man in a frock 

 coat and the potato-faced ogre that dis 

 turbed our childish sleep will have 

 vanished for ever. 



"We must look for the beautiful or 

 we find it not," said the wise Emerson. 



LEE McCRAE. 



THE CAPTIVE 



Fluttering 'gainst thy prison bars, 



O captive thing? 

 Alas, its smaller circle mars 



Thy erstwhile spring. 



Thy comrades, sweeping by in joyous throng, 



Whirl out of sight, 

 Their mellow voices drunk with song 



Of pure delight. 



But silent in thy gilded prison there, 



With drooping wing, 

 Thou art too spiritless to share 



Their caroling. 



Fly out, O prisoner of Hope, 



To realms unclaimed ; 

 Thy God meant thee for wider scope 



To sing untamed. 



- JOHN JORDAN DOUGLASS. 



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