NO TES B Y MEMBERS OF CHIC A GO CLUB 32 1 



Bluebirds 



The Genie conveyed me to the foot of a great mountain that 

 stretched before us terrace on terrace till it seemed to mingle with 

 the clouds. Pointing upward, he bade me climb. 



No scene could be more wonderful. The waters were falling 

 down the mountain side and over the plateaus in showers that 

 flashed in the sunlight and reflected every color of the rainbow. 

 Great pools of the clearest blue gave back the azure of the clouds. 

 Everywhere the eye discerned masses of white crystallization 

 that took the form of pinnacles, domes and towers. 



We had been mounting steadily upwards when we came to 

 a level space covered with stunted pine and cedar trees. 



Suddenly an arrow of blue flame passed in front of me, between 

 the trees, then another and another. I grasped the arm of 

 my companion! 



"They are the mountain bluebirds," he whispered. 



And then in that fairyland I saw these beautiful creatures, the 

 symbol of happiness itself, flitting from tree to tree, tripping 

 rapidly over the white ground, or sweeping in curves around us. 

 They were of the softest, lightest blue, so beautiful in form, 

 in motion and color, that they were in perfect harmony with the 

 wonderful place in which I wandered. 



These were the bluebirds of the Rocky mountains and I was 

 on Jupiter Terrace in Yellowstone Park, learning with humble 

 heart how Nature constructed her most marvelous creations, and 

 full of the joy of life. 



R. A. WiDDOWSON 



The Periodical Cicada 



During the last week in May or the first week in June of the 

 coming year, Brood V, of the Periodical Cicadas will appear in 

 Northern Illinois, Northeastern Iowa, a few counties in Southern 

 Wisconsin, and the Dunes region of Northern Indiana. The 

 life-history of these insects is fairly well known, but it has not 

 yet been determined whether they are injurious to vegetation 

 during their long larval existence underground. As they often 

 live under fruit trees when there are no forests nearby, it will be 

 interesting to note whether the trees from under which the pupae 



