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THE OENITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



terminal flower, which is rose-pink and 

 very fragrant. 



The Calopogion pulchellus commonly 

 found in bogs has one linear leaf and 

 from two to six pink-purple flowers with 

 a lip bearded with white, yellow and 

 purple club-shaped hairs. 



The chocolate-colored flowers of the 

 Liparis liliifolia are odd rather than 

 pretty. The two leaves are ovate and 

 the sepals and petals of the flower are 

 thread-like while the lip is large and 

 wedge-shaped. 



We are all familiar with the Lady's 

 Slipper. The peculiarity of these flow- 

 ers is that the lip is large and inflated 

 while the sepals and petals are smaller, 

 green and leaf -like. 



The large yellow lady's slipper, Cyp- 

 ripedium pubescens, is one of the hand- 

 somest. It grows about two feet high 

 with many leaves and a large pale yel- 

 low flower. The smaller yellow lady's 

 slipper, (C parviflorum) has a fragrant 

 bright yellow blossom and is found in 

 swamps and low woods with the other. 

 The stemless lady's slipper. C. accmle as 

 its name implies has no stem but from 

 between two leaves at the base, rises a 

 scape bearing one large pink flower. It 

 is common in dry or moist woods, and 

 is often called bee orchis or whipporwill 

 slipper. 



The flowers of the Hahenaria triden- 

 tata are small and green with several 

 bracts and one large leaf below. The 

 stigma has three oblong appendages 

 issuing as high as the anther-cell; 

 their summits receive pollen in the un- 

 opened flower and are penetrated by 

 pollen-tubes. 



H. virescens grows about 10 or 20 in- 

 ches high and has ovate-oblong leaves 

 and a dense spike of dull green flowers 

 with many bracts. The white flowers 

 of the ragged fringed orchis {H. lacera) 

 greet our eyes in an old wood-path. The 

 narrow lip is parted into many fringe- 

 like segments. H. psycodps with its 

 crowded spikes of rose-colored flowers 



is a very beautiful sight in our bogs. 

 The small flowers are fragrant andflne- 

 ly fringed. 



The leaves of the Goodyera repens are 

 very thick, veined with white, and 

 grow in a tuft. In August it bears a 

 spike of small greenish-white flowers. 

 Late in the fall the Spiranthes appear. 

 The six varieties of these bear small, 

 scented flowers, differing chiefly in their 

 arrangement. 



These orchids and many more can be 

 found in our woods and swamps by any 

 observer of nature and surely time is 

 not wasted in looking for and studying 

 the members of this curious family. 



LEACH'S PETREL. 



BY ARTHUR H. NORTON, SACCARAPPA, ME. 



This little white-rumped petrel inhab- 

 its the North Atlantic coast of Europe 

 and North America. On our side it 

 breeds from Maine, northward, select- 

 ing as a site for its home, the outer 

 islands. Previous to its breeding it 

 spends the time wandering over the 

 ocean, usually far from land, but dur- 

 ing heavy storms they are to be seen 

 occasionally, quite near shore. 



In the early part of June, or even the 

 latter part of May, these little birds come 

 into the islands off the rugged coast of 

 Maine. Some time is spent in investi- 

 gating the accomodations, and as the 

 time advances, they enter one of the 

 last year's tunnels or begin to excavate 

 a new one. Both birds enter this sub- 

 terranean tube and there work with a 

 will, never coming forth to play in the 

 sunshine or join in the terns hurrying 

 flight. So if we walk above their heads, 

 we see them not, and knowing nothing 

 about their habits, we never suspect 

 their presence. If we would learn of 

 their ways, we must break into their 

 burrows or await the coming of night. 



On our breaking into their burrows they 

 appear bewildered and seek darkness 



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