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AUDUBON AND HUMMING BIRDS
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injuring its fragile texture, and produce a delightful
murmuring sound well adapted for lulling insects to
repose. Then is the moment for the humming bird
to secure them. Its long, delicate bill enters the cup
of the flower, and the protruded double-tubed tongue,
delicately sensitive, and imbued with glutinous saliva,
touches each insect in succession and draws it from
its lurking place to be instantly swallowed. All this
is done in a moment, and the bird, as it leaves the
flower, sips so small a portion of the liquid honey,
that the theft, we may suppose, is looked upon with
a gratful feeling by the flower, which is thus kindly
relieved from the attacks of her destroyers.
“The prairies, the fields, the orchards, and gardens,
nay, the deepest shades of the forests, are all visited in
their turn, and everywhere the little bird meets with
pleasure and with food. Its gorgeous throat in beauty
and brilliancy baffles all competition. Now it glows
with a fiery hue, and again it is changed to the deepest
velvety black. The upper parts of its delicate body are
of resplendent changing green; and it throws itself
through the air with a swiftness and vivacity hardly
conceivable. It moves from one flower to another like
a gleam of light, upwards, downwards, to the right,
and to the left. In this manner it searches the extreme
northern portions of our country, following with great
precaution the advances of the season, and retreating
with equal care at the approach of autumn.”
Who has not seen and loved these tiny creatures?
What a joy to watch them as they dart here and there!
Speaking of the mating season of these little fellows,
of their love for each other, and their young, Audubon
says:
“How the male swells his plumage and throat, and,
dancing on the wing, whirls around the delicate female;
how quickly he dives toward a flower, and returns
with a loaded bill, which he offers to her to whom
alone he feels desirous of being united; how full of
ecstasy he seems to be when his caresses are kindly re
ceived; how his little wings fan her, as they fan the
flowers, as he transfers to her bill the insect and the
honey which he has procured with a view to please
her; how these attentions are received with apparent
AMERICAN
satisfaction; how, soon after, the blissful compact is
sealed; how, then, the courage and care of the male
are redoubled. . . .
“Could you, kind reader, cast a momentary glance
on the nest of the humming bird, and see, as I have
seen, the newly-hatched pair of young, little larger
than bumblebees, naked, blind, and so feeble as scarce
ly to be able to raise their little bills to receive food
from the parents; and could you see those parents,
full of anxiety and fear, passing and repassing within
a few inches of your face, alighting on a twig not
more than a yard from your body, awaiting the result
of your unwelcome visit in a state of the utmost de
spair—you could not fail to be impressed with the
deepest pangs which parental affection feels on the
unexpected death of a cherished child. Then how
pleasing it is, on your leaving the spot, to see the
returning hope of the parents, when after examining
the nest, they find their nurslings untouched.”
THE HONOR BOLL
For the first five-week period the following students
were on the Honor Roll:
H igh H onor S tudents
Name
Lillian Hayden
Theresa Newman
Elizabeth Wynaco
Aaron Sookum
Minnie Partain
Donald Brown
Peter Paquette
Veda La Jeunesse
Wesley Larsen
Ellen Orr
Alice Backman
Eunice Buck
Elizabeth Kirn
Grade
Percent
...
12th grade
10th grade
6th grade
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H onor S tudents
12th grade
-
12th grade
-
10th grade
-
10th grade
-
10th grade
-
10th grade
...
9th grade
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8th grade
...
8th grade
....
6th grade
...
92.5
90
90
91
90.5
90
90
91
90
90
90
90
91
HIGH HONOR Students are those whose general
average is not less than 90 and who have no grade in
any subject less than 90, including deportment and
conduct in all departments, in the class room, shop,
dormitories, or on the campus.
HONOR Students include all students whose gener
al average is not less than 90 and have no grade in
any subject less than 85, including deportment and
conduct in all departments, in the class room, shop,
dormitories, or on the campus..
ESCORTS
Sunday, Nov. 3—McBride
- Mrs. Codding
Mr. Paul Carrow
Winona - - - - Mr. Ratzburg
Miss Peterson
Hawley - - - - Mrs. Mote
Mr. Berry
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