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VIRGINIA COWSLIP 

 And ye talk together still, 



in swampy places, and in early spring its 

 leaves and stems are often gathered for greens. 

 The beautiful plant of the primrose family, 

 with its nodding, 

 startled - looking 

 Sowers of ma- 

 genta, pink or 

 white, known in 

 the Western states 

 as the shooting 

 star, is called the 

 American cow- 

 slip. The petals 

 of this pointed 

 little flower bend 

 backward, away 

 from the shoot- 

 ing, golden 

 anthers. The 

 Virginia cowslip 

 belongs to the 

 borage family, 

 and is known as 

 the bluebell, or 

 lungwort. 



In England the In Q the . language wher ewlth 



opring 

 name is given to Letters cowslips on the hill. 



, . TENNYSON : Adeline. 



the pale prim- 

 rose, a pretty little herb found in pastures 

 and meadows. It has a cluster of buff-yellow, 

 scented flowers, in the midst of a rosette of 

 spreading leaves. 



COX, PALMER (1840- ), beloved by chil- 

 dren for his humorously grotesque little figures 

 known as the "Brownies." He was born in 

 Granby, Quebec, and educated in the academy 

 at that place. In 1863 he went to San Fran- 

 cisco, where he engaged in railroading and con- 

 tracting and was also a frequent contributor 

 to periodicals. New York City became his 

 home in 1875, and he took up writing and 

 illustrating for children's magazines and hu- 

 morous books. Among the author's publica- 

 tions, which are illustrated by himself, are The 

 Brownies, Their Book; Queer People with 

 Wings and Stings; The Brownies in Fairyland 

 and The Brownies in the Philippines. The 

 "Kewpies" by Rose O'Neil and Kate Green- 

 away 's "Girls" were doubtless inspired by the 

 success of the Brownies. 



COYOTE, ki'ote or kiot'e (Spanish, koyo' 

 lay), the slinking, evil-eyed, fleet-footed Amer- 

 ican prairie wolf so often mentioned in Amer- 

 ican Indian fol.klore. Several species live in 

 ground-holes or among rocks almost every- 

 where from the Great Plains to the Pacific 



Ocean. When they feed on gophers, mice, 

 etc., they are helpful, but in the winter when 

 such ground animals are not to be found, the 

 coyote's snapping yelps heard at night mean 

 death for the ranchman's live stock and poul- 

 try. Though they seldom attack human be- 



THE COYOTE 



ings, they formerly proved so troublesome in 

 some of the Western states that rewards were 

 offered for their capture. Coyotes are very 

 cunning, however, and skilfully avoid traps. 

 They are about the size of setter dogs, and 

 have bushy tails. Their fur is soft, light-yel- 

 lowish or yellowish-gray, sometimes tipped 

 with black, and is used for great coats, lap 

 robes and driving gloves, the best skins for 

 these purposes selling for fifty cents or seventy- 

 five cents each. 



CRAB, krab, a name given about a thousand 

 species of small shellfish, many of which are 

 highly valued, but more as a delicacy than as 

 a nutritious food. Most species of crab are 

 found in seas, especially near the coast, and 



FRESH-WATER CRAB 



being carrion eaters, they keep the shore clean ; 

 but some are found in fresh water in the 

 warmer parts of the world. A species called 

 the land-crab burrows in sand or lives in moist 

 vegetation. Some crabs are very tiny, like the 

 pea-crab, which can make its home with an 

 oyster in its shell. Others are very large, like 



