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The Hawkeye Ornithologist and Oologist. 



c. The division of the wings pro- 

 per into arm, forearm and 

 ■manus. 



4. ON THE LEGS, STUDY 



a. The thigh, cms, or leg proper, 

 and foot. The toot consisting 

 of the unfeathered tarso-meta- 

 tarsus and the four digits, one 

 of the toes being turned back- 

 ward. 



b. The claivs. 



c. The peculiar scales (scutells) 

 on the upper portions of the 

 legs and toes. 



[to be continued.] 



LEAF PHOTOGRAPHS 



A pretty amusement, especially for 

 those contemplating the study of bot- 

 any, is the taking of leaf photo- 

 graphs. One very simple process is: 



At any druggist's get five cents' 

 worth of bichromate of potash. Put 

 this into a two-ounce bottle of soda- 

 water. When the solution has hi 

 come saturated— that is, the water 

 has dissolved as much as it will— pour 

 off some of the clear liquid into a 

 shallow dish. On this float a piece 

 of ordinary writing paper till it is 

 thoroughly moistened. 



Let it become nearly dry in the 

 dark. It should be a bright yellow. 

 On this put the leaf, under it a piece 

 of soft black cloth and several pieces 

 of newspaper. Put this between two 

 pieces of glass— all the pieces should 

 be the same size— and fasten them all 

 together with spring clothes-pins. 

 Expose to a bright sun, placing the 

 leaf so that the rays will fall upon it 

 as nearly perpendicular as possible. 



In a few minutes it will begin to 

 turn brown, but it requires from half 

 an hour to several hours to produce a 

 good picture. When it has become 

 dark enough, take it from the frame, 

 and put it in clear water, which must 

 be changed every few minutes, until 

 the yellow part becomes white. 



Sometimes the venation of the 

 leaves will be quite distinct. By fol- 

 lowing these directions it is scarcely 

 possible to fail, and a little practice 

 will make perfect. The photographs, 

 if well taken, are very pretty, as well 

 as interesting. 



-HM-GE0Ii06¥.*:>M- 



THE BOWLDER. 



SELECTED BY M. It. STEELE. 



Though I'm but a granite bowlder, 



Litde children, I am older 

 Than the limestone rocks, that moulder 



On the Upper Iowa's shore. 

 Torn by glaciers from the mountains, 



From the rivers' snowy fountains, 

 1, and many thousand more. 



Strew the prairies far and wide. 

 Ocean-shore and bleak hillside. 

 High on Greenland's mountain crest 



See the glacier's silvery breast 

 Granite rocks upon it crashing; 



Hushing, crushing, dashing, splashing. 

 To the sea a pathway tearing. 



To the South a burden bearing. 

 Hark! the crashing iceberg's thunder! 



Man is mute with fear and wonder — 

 Silent now, o'er ocean's breast 



Towers .Uoft its gleaming crest. 

 Far it floats upon the tide, 



Tow'rd a rocky island shore. 

 Now it strikes! it rolls and tumbles. 



Like a wounded boast it grumbles. 

 Roars and rages, topples o'er. 



Drops its bowlders on the shore. 

 On the wild Newfoundland shore. 

 Thus, in ages past, the bowlders. 



Torn by ice from mountain shoulders. 

 Scattered on the frozen tide, 



Strewed the prairies far and wide, 

 Ocean shore and bleak hill-side. 



Now the children go a- Maying. 

 Through the woods and meadows straying 



See the pebble and the bowlder. 

 Ask of those who're wiser, older, 



"Pa, do rocks from pebbles grow? 

 "Surely, papa, you must know!" 



Fnr the Hawkeye 0. and 0. 



HOME SCIENCE. 



BY H. F. HEGNER, DECORA! 



IA. 



In this material universe of ours, the 

 laws of nature are repeated from age 

 to age and cycle follows cycle as sure as 

 night follows day. If we were to 

 sum up the flights of time, adding 

 epoch to epoch and age to age, the sum 

 total would be: Time is long! Quick- 

 ly it passes away. Year follows year 



