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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
history fact it probably was not. But if 
one were disposed to philosophize per- 
haps the osprey’s deceptive appearance 
of love is not the only case of that kind 
that has occurred in this world. 
The bird’s eyes had a kindly and 
beautiful look and its physical expres- 
sion was all that could be imagined to 
increase the attractiveness of such a 
beautiful bird. It is with some consid- 
erable degree of self-control that I re- 
the glass for the north side of his nest 
and his window was the size of a quar- 
ter dollar. I had to cut it off the glass 
where it had been well fastened by 
about three circles of its form. 
An Artistic Grasshopper or Cricket. 
BY C. D. ROMIG, AUDENRIED, PENNSYLVANIA. 
This season I found on a lawn a 
number of odd forms of clover leaves. 
As a rule the three on a stem were 
THE WOUNDED OSPREY THAT CAME TO ARCADIA AND WAS TENDERLY CARED FOR 
TILL IT DIED. 
frain from telling the reader that that 
osprey actually reflected my daughter's 
facial expression of pleasure as she 
fondled it. But then, as Caesar said, 
“People easily believe that which they 
wish,” and I fear that I. with other 
lovers of pets, like to think that the 
osprey was enjoying the caresses. 
If it didn’t that was not our fault 
for we did all we could up to the time 
when it seemed best to 'set the bird 
free by placing it as a beautifully 
mounted specimen in the Bruce Mu- 
seum at Greenwich. 
Hornet’s Nest on Window. 
BY C. D. ROMIG. AUDENRIED, PENNSYLVANIA. 
Recently I found a small hornet’s 
nest fastened to the middle sash of a 
garage window, through which I was 
able to watch the hornet at work. The 
insect saved time and material by using 
much alike, no matter how freakish 
the form. In a few cases each leaf was 
pierced by a small hole that I was told 
was the work of hoppers. It appears 
that the hopper closed each leaf like a 
book, just one fold and one bite a la 
sandwich and the trick was done. The 
leaf when it opened had a uniform 
shape and, odd enough, the triplets 
were alike excepting perhaps where the 
hopper had been interrupted. 
A Suggestion. 
Mr. Romig has sent us a number of 
the clover triplets and there surely is 
uniformity of the holes similar to cut- 
ting folded paper. It is, however, 
somewhat to be doubted “that the hop- 
per closed each leaf like a book.” Can 
it be that the hopper eats only after 
dark when the clover leaves are folded 
in “sleep?” — Ed. 
