. Vögel und Natur . ING Lärm von der Bosheit gemacht, wenn er seinen Partner ruft ist ein sehr angenehmer Klang in den Wäldern und kann manchmal eine Meile entfernt gehört werden. Er wählt einen hohlen Baumstamm aus, streckt sich hin und her darauf und schlägt endlich mit seinen Flügeln so schnell an die Seiten, dass das Geräusch einem fernen Donner gleicht.als sein Partner kommt, hebt er seine Rüsche, bis sein Kopf fast verborgen ist. Hespreads seinen Schwanz wie ein Fächer, und versucht, sich selbst in ihren Augen schön zu tomake. Sie bauen ihr Nest auf dem Boden.Es besteht aus Gras, Zweigen und Blättern.die Mutter-Vogel ist sehr klug, ihre junge Brut zu protecting. Wenn sie hören
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. Birds and nature . ing noise made by the malewhen he is calling his mate is a verypleasant sound in the woods and maysometimes be heard a mile away. He selects a hollow log, struts backand forth upon it, and at last strikeshis sides with his wings so rapidly thatthe noise resembles distant thunder.When his mate comes he raises his ruffuntil his head is almost hidden. Hespreads his tail like a fan, and tries tomake himself lovely in her eyes. They build their nest on the ground.It is made of grass, twigs and leaves.The mother-bird is very clever in pro-tecting her young brood. If she hearssomeone near, she gives a cluck andthey disappear, while she moves slowlyalong trying to lead the intruder awayfrom the nest. When she can get be-hind a tree she flies swiftly away, com-ing back to the nest when she thinksall is safe. Go to sleep again and perhaps youwill have another dream, laughed mybrother. That is all interesting, butI am sorry I did not hear the ruffedgrouse tell his own story. Florence Holbrook. I. 107 THE BLUE GENTIANS. During the reign of King Gentius, lllyria was devastated by the plague. Sogreat was the mortality among his sub-jects, the pious king appointed a seasonof fasting, and prayed that if he shot anarrow into the air the Almighty woulddirect its descent, guiding it to some herbpossessed of sufficient virtue to arrest thecourse of the disease. The king shot thearrow and in falling it cleft the root of aplant which, when tested, was found topossess the most astonishing curativepowers, and did much to lessen the rav-ages of the plague. The plant from thattime on became known as the Gentian, inhonor of the good king, whose supplica-tions brought about the divine manifesta-tion of its medicinal properties. The old herbalists called the GentianBaldmoyne, or Feldwode. The first ofthese names is supposed to have been de-rived from the Latin valde bona, mean-ing very good. It was regarded as aspecific for poisons and pestilence, and anexcellent remedy for
