. Birds and nature . past should be enough to in-spire a wish to preserve them as longas possible, to stop wanton waste byforest fires, and even to repair ourlosses by planting new forests, as theydo in Europe. The time has gonewhen the silence and dangers of theforest were our chief molders of sturdycharacter, but it is undeniable that thepioneer blood that still runs so richlyin American veins has much to dowith causing the idea of Philippineexpansion to appeal so powerfully tothe popular imagination. The prophetswho see in the expansion idea thedownfall of the nation forget that thesame spi
. Birds and nature . past should be enough to in-spire a wish to preserve them as longas possible, to stop wanton waste byforest fires, and even to repair ourlosses by planting new forests, as theydo in Europe. The time has gonewhen the silence and dangers of theforest were our chief molders of sturdycharacter, but it is undeniable that thepioneer blood that still runs so richlyin American veins has much to dowith causing the idea of Philippineexpansion to appeal so powerfully tothe popular imagination. The prophetswho see in the expansion idea thedownfall of the nation forget that thesame spirit subdued the American wil-derness and created the freest govern-ment and some of the finest specimensof manhood the world has ever seen. EASTER LILIES. Though long in wintry sleep ye powers of darkness could not stayYour coming at the call of day,Proclaiming spring. Nay, like the faithful virgins lamps replenished ye ariseEre dawn the death-anointed eyesOf Christ, the king. —Joh7i B. Tabb. 152. 322 SCARLET ^ Life-size. CHICAGO COLORTYPE CO., THE SCARLET IBIS. {Guara rlibra.) IBISES are distributed throughoutthe warmer parts of the globe andnumber, according to the bestauthorities, about thirty species,of which four occur in North scarlet ibis is a South Americanspecies, though it has been recordedfrom Florida, Louisiana, and NewMexico. The ibises are silent birds,and live in flocks during the entire feed along the shores of lakes,bays, and salt-water lagoons, and onmud flats, over which the tide rises and falls. Their food consists of crus-taceans, frogs, and small fish. Colonies of ibises build nests inreedy marshes, or in low trees andbushes not far from good feeding-grounds. Three to five pale greenisheggs, marked with chocolate, are foundin the coarse, bulky nest of reeds andweed stalks. These birds are not so numerous asthey once were. They have been wan-tonly destroyed for plumagealone, the flesh being unfit for fo
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