Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1940-11-28 / 48. szám
Bird and Animal Paintings November 28, 1940 Page 7 Juvenile Order—Monthly Report OCTOBER, 1940 Nem members ......................................................... 246 Reinstated .................................................................. 84 Total ......................................... ...... .330 Extended ............................................l Lapsed ...............................................204 Deceased ............................................3 Transferred to Senior Order...........59 267 Increase .......................... 63 Forwarded from last month 12,456 Total ................................ 12,519 Total extended members ............................. 7 Total membership .............................. 12,526 The following branches have taken up 45 or more new members from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31. Branch 420 at Nazareth, Pa . 81 new members Branch 132 at South Bend, Ind . To new members Branch 296 at Springdale, Pa....... 72 new members Branch 164 at Chicago, III.............. * 63 new members Branch 216 at Northampton, Pa. .. 61 new members Branch 412 at Flint, Mich........ 56 new members Branch 431 at Hemphill, W. Va. ... 54 new members Branch 36 at Detroit, Mich........ 49 new members EXTENDED MEMBER: Branch 13. Chonko Kathleen I. Extended insurance in force to Aug. 31, 1942. DEATH BENEFITS were paid for: George Anton McKinney, — died October 5, 1940. Age next birtday: 3 years. Amount paid: $75.00. Class: B-25c. Branch 89. Fulop D. Lambert Jr., — died October 6. 1940. Age next biithday: 6 years. Amount paid: $160.00. Class: B-25c. Branch 388. Delphine Toth, — died September 17. 1940. Age next birthday: 6 years. Amount paid: $85.00. Class: B-25c. Branch 388. MAIMING BENEFIT was paid for: Emil Kovács, — For the loss of the right eye. Age next birthday: 10 years. Amount paid: $175.00. Class: B-25c. Branch 214. The following members were transferred to the Senior Order in October, 1940.: By R. Bruce Horsfall Text by Carra E. Horsfall Volume I Published by Nature Magazine, Washington, D. C. BIRD AND ANIM A I PAINTINGS is a book which was prepared for teachers, nature counselors, parents, students and children. It contains the full color paintings of birds and animals that have appeared in Nature Magazine. A second volume will be issued later. Facing the pictures are the scientific names of bird, mammal or insect; also, outstanding points in the history of their life. The frontispiece is a beautiful painting of the American or Bald Eagle. Here are a few items from this fascinating book. The bluebird—sialia sialis—uses bird boxes and hollow trees in orchard, grove or garden year after year. He lives near human neightors and his song is always cheerful. The nest is lined with fine grasses, and may contain four to six pale bluish white eggs. The male shares in the feeding of the young. The scarlet tanager—pira nga erythromelas—is a beautiful red woodland bird. In spring he devours earthworms and beetles in plowed fields. In summer his food is taken from treetops. Because of their beauty and usefulness tanagers should have our protection. They winter in western South America. It is in the spring that bobolink's song is the gayest, even if. he is named dolichonyx oryzivorus! After his coat is changed he flies to the south, where he is known as rice bird. His winter home is in Jamaica where he is called butter bird. He is silent for awhile. In April his gold and black frock is renewed and again he pours forth a song. The blue jay—cyanocitta cristata—is a permanent resident in the United States. His beautiful blue coat is trimmed with black and white. His harsh call can be heard in winter. He has a habit of hiding nuts in the earth, from which grow trees. Crossbill—loxia curvirostra pusilla—in spite of his odd shaped bill, is a beautiful bird. He does not help his mate to build their nest, but sings cheerfully while she carries bark fibre, twigs, leaves and moss to make the nest safe above the ground. Wilson phalarope—steganopus tricolor—is a summer resident of the Mississippi valley from Iowa to central Canada, west to northeastern California, Oregon and Wash ington. While the female wanders about, the male incubates the eggs. They are huffy white, with brown spots. They eat insects and their larvae, mollusks and crustaceans. Red phalaropes are common in the Arctic. Pintails—dafila acuta tzitzihoa—are the first ducks to come north in spring. Their breeding ground is in northwestern United States and in the Canadian prairie country. The nest is made of grasses and is generally placed upon the ground near water. The five to ten eggs are gray-olive. These ducks are very swift in flight. They are also found in Europe. In North America they range from Panama to the extreme north. Pintails winter in open waters from southern Canada through the United States and in the Hawaiian Islands. American Cottontail rabbit—sylvilagus floridanus— has characteristics of both hare and rabbit. He is smaller than the hare. The underside of his tail is a snowwhite fluff. Various forms are found from the forests of the east to the west coast. He lives on vegetable food and often becomes a pest. Fur from the mother’s tody lines the grass nest. The average adult length is eighteen inches and the weight is three pounds. Arctic weasel—mustela arctica—ranges around the Arctic coast and the tundras. The fur is yellowish-brown but in winter turns pure white but for the black tip of the tail. It grows to fifteen inches in length. Its burrow is dug in rock ledges, stumps and hollow trees. Sometimes it uses abandoned burrows of other animals. The arctic weasel furnishes royalty’s ermine. The tiger swallow-tail butterfly—papilio turnus—is our best known butterfly. The larva feeds on wild cherry and mulberry leaves. The butterfly is in the pupal state during winter. The book contains one hundred and seventy beautiful paintings of birds, animals and insects. The drawings are by R. Bruce Horstall. The simple text is written by Carra E. Horsfall and tells with clarity the remarkable story of our birds, animals and insects. It is interesting to note that with some types of bird it is the male that incubates the eggs, leaving the female free A BAND OF FAIRIES Once upon a time there lived in the woods a band of fairies. These fairies had a king and queen who ruled over them. Each fairy owned a golden crown and a wand. It was the rule that these fairies should not be seen by any mortal, although they were to do all they could to help mortal beings. They should make sad people happy They should kiss sick and unhappy people and make them well and happy. When anyone chanced to pass by they should quickly hide so as not to be seen. Now these fairies dressed in either yellow or purple. One day when they were dancing and singing around the queen, who was in the fairy ring, they heard someone coming. They could not hide quickly enough, so instantly each one climbed upon a green stem and put her head between her wings. It happened to be a small boy who was walking through the woods, and the fairies looked so much like flowers that when the boy spied them he thought they were flowers, and picked a few, thinking he had found a new flower. He called these flowers violets. Still up to this time people go violet hunting in . the springtime after the fairies have wakened from their iong winter’s sleep. » If you take a violet and tear the outside leaves off you can find the fairy sitting there, with a golden crown upon its head.--------------O-------------HOW LIMBER IS YOUR TONGUE? Try to say these fast Verhovayak Lapja 1. Three tinkering tailors totally tired. 2. Samuel Short’s sister Susan sat sewing silently. 3. Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nasturtiums. 4. Sweet, sagacious Sallie Sanders said she surely saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday. 5. How many sniffs of sifted snuff would a sifted snuff sniffer sniff if a sifted snuff sniffer sniffed sifted snuff. 6. Two tall Turks twirling twisted turbans. 7. Rubber buggy bumpers. to wander at will. Bird and Animal Paintings is a book parents and children will delight in reading together. Our subscribers who have nature-loving children will find this book a valuable addition to the home library. Nature Magazine should be part of a child’s reading. It is carried in many libraries. Balogh, Olga Bartha, Emery G. J. Bartik. Martha Agnes Bello, Rocco Bene. Helen Beres, A. Paul Biro, Kathryne B. Chermaz, Zoltán W. Fejes, Bela Fejes, John Ferguson. Eloise L. Gogolya, Elizabeth Hajdú, Dora Hajdú. Helen Hajdú. Stephen Joseph Hegyi, Louis Hess. Mary Hidi. William Hoiska Helen May Horvath, Helen Horvath, Irene Imre. Helen Jakab, Charles Jancsurak, Louis Kantor, Helen Kar, Edward Kish, Emma Kish, Stephen Kiss. Fern Klamm, M. Arthur Kocsi, John Jr. Koos, Elizabeth Korody. László Jr . Kratsas. Jack Kulcsár. Mary Helen Lengyel, Stephen Jr. Lokos, Joseph Magyar. Stephen Matusz. Richard L. Matyasovszky. Elizabeth Molnár, Anna Molnár, Edward A. Novak, Margaret Nozdrovickv. Joseph O'Brien. Leo P. Palinsky, Julia Plank, Alexander Polovich. John Jr. Racz, John M. Schwartzkopf, Eleanor Selmeski. Margaret Smith. Verna Irene Soltész. Helen Rosalie Szucs, Stephen Jr. Szugye. John Jr. Tamas. Anna Toth, Edward Zoltani, Charles L. Zoltani, Frank.
