. Birds and nature . dwelling near them. The tree has its name from a peculi-arity of its bud and blossom. The wordEucalyptus comes from two Greekwords and signifies well covered. Thecalyx never opens in the ordinary way,but the top of it, shaped like a little,shallow, acorn-cup, falls off like a lid,or like a cap from a head of flaxen this covering, on the edge of thecalyx-dish, are many rows of stamens,which push off their caps, shake outtheir fair tresses and make a prettycrown for the seed-cup. The calyx-topsas well as the leaves contain much resin-ous oil useful in medicine; us
. Birds and nature . dwelling near them. The tree has its name from a peculi-arity of its bud and blossom. The wordEucalyptus comes from two Greekwords and signifies well covered. Thecalyx never opens in the ordinary way,but the top of it, shaped like a little,shallow, acorn-cup, falls off like a lid,or like a cap from a head of flaxen this covering, on the edge of thecalyx-dish, are many rows of stamens,which push off their caps, shake outtheir fair tresses and make a prettycrown for the seed-cup. The calyx-topsas well as the leaves contain much resin-ous oil useful in medicine; used also inmaking perfumery and varnishes. The Eucalyptus traces its line of an-cestry to a remote past compared withwhich all the children of Adam are newcomers to this planet. Geologists tell usthat the trees fossilized remains arefound among the early forms of plant-life. It IS fortunate for us that the de-scendants of this ancient and honorablerace still live to be our contemporariesand helpers. Alice M. Dowd. 44. THE MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE (Oreortyx pictus,) The Mountain Partridge, which is and chaparral of dwarf trees of ratheralso called the Plumed Partridge and inaccessible places on the mountainthe Mountain Quail, is common in the sides. They ordinarily seek safety byhigher mountain ranges of California running ratheu than by flight. Oregon. In the Sierra Nevada Brewer states that Dr. Heermann foundrange they are frequent in summer to the birds of this species wild and difficultan altitude of seven thousand feet, to procure, flying and scattering at thewhere Mr. J. G. Cooper found them in least symptom of danger, and again call-the month of September. He found the ing each other together with a noteyoung not quite full grown and the expressive of great solicitude, muchold birds moulting. In their habits and resembling that of a hen-turkey gather-in their flight these Partridges resemble ing her brood around her. Dr. Brewerother quails but they are less gregarious, al
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