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No. 1 of The Story Teller, from 

 John B. Aldeu, 393 Pearl St. New 

 York, contains two very interesting 

 stories. "It will give during the 

 year a rich 25 cent's worth of pleas- 

 ant recreative reading, and besides," 

 promises to keep subscribers well 

 imformed in regard to the literary 

 revolution. 



To each of the first five persons 

 sending us 10 new subscribers before 

 Nov. 15th 1885 we will send, a ten 

 dollar collection of rare eggs, one 

 copy of F. H. Lattin's hand book, 

 one copy of Davis & Baker's Oolo- 

 gist's Directory, and a price list of 

 birds eggs. To the next five we 

 will present a $5.00 colletion, the 

 guide and hand book, Directory and 

 pi'ice list. 



The stormy petrel possesses a very 

 large amount of oil, which when 

 terrified, it has the power of throw- 

 ing from its mouth. In the .Faroe 

 Islands the people draw a wick 

 through its body, when it is young 

 and fat, and lightening the end that 

 projects from the beak use for a 

 lamp. It will burn a long time. 



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The Condor. 



The great vulture of the Andes is 

 the largest of known birds. The 

 wings when extended measure from 

 tip to tip nine to fourteen feet, and 

 it is from four to six feet from the 

 beak to the tip of the tail. The tail 

 is short and wedge shaped; the gen- 

 eral color a grayish black, which is 



bi-ightest in old males, the young 

 being a brownish color; the wings 

 are marked with white, and a collar 

 of downy white feathers encircles 

 the neck, above which the skin is 

 bare and exhibits many folds. A 

 large cartilaginous comb crowns the 

 head of the male condor and the 

 neck is furnished with a dilatable 

 wattle. The beak of the condor is 

 thick and strong, straight at the base, 

 but the upper mandible strongly 

 curved at the extremity. 



The condor feeds on carrion and 

 is very voracious. 



"Tschudi mentions one in confi- 

 nement at Valpariso which ats eight- 

 teen pounds of meat in a single day, 

 and seemed to have as good an ap- 

 petite as usual the next day." Con- 

 dors often gorge themselves so that 

 it is impossible to fly, and while in 

 this condition they are frequently 

 captured by the indians, with their 

 lassoes. When they feel the noose 

 tighten about their necks they en- 

 deavour to throw up the food they 

 have swallowed, but are secured be- 

 fore they can do so. The natives of 

 the Andes assert that the condor 

 builds no nest, but lays its eggs on 

 solid rocks ten or fifteen thousand 

 feet above the level of the sea, 

 where they are usually seen in small 

 groupes. 



The male condor performs the 

 greater part of incubating, the in- 

 dolent female sitting on the nest 

 only about a third of the time. The 

 period of incubation is from seven 

 to eight weeks. 



The flight of the condor is grand 

 aud beautiful, being the soaring 

 flight of all vultures, propelling 

 themselves more by motions of the 

 head and neck than by their long- 

 powerful wings. 



It soars to a greater height than 

 any other bird, almost six perpendic- 

 ular miles above the level of the sea, 

 or nearly six times the ordinary 

 height of the clouds. — Selected. 



