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than any otner State In the Union probably more than any other equal area In the not excepting the tropics In all the American continent north of Mexico there are about 800 species of birds In California there are over 3H of these Hw many mammals there are Is not known but by far the greater portion of them are found west of the Rockies and of these the majority are natives of California In place of the lions and Users of equatorial lands California has the mountain Hon and very possibly In the extreme southeastern portion an occasional Jaguar el tlgre of the Mexican In place of the great condor of the Andean plateau which even Audutxm conceded to be the largest bird In the world the Golden State has the Call fornla vulture recently proven to be much larger than the South American bird and confined exclusively to this one State This giant bird larger than any eagle frequently measures from eight to eleven feet from tip to tip of Its wings Small specimens are those whose wings spread In less than seven or eight feet Its strength Is puny and the smallest hawk can make It mount miles In the air In sheer terror It food I entirely carrion and one vulture soaring amid a band of turkey buzzards appears like a single buz zard In a flock of crows The nest of the condf is made In the heart of high mountains the female selecting a cave In the face of a per pendltular cliff and lalng therein one liuge egg larger than that of any swan nearly twice the size of a goose egg When first hatpned the vultures aro pure white being covered with a toft fuzzy down like that on a very young duck At the other end of the scale so far as size gous at least naturalists place the tiny calliope hummingbird the smallest bird In the world with the possible exception of the fire bird of Houth America Bo tiny Is this little hummer that It could well make Its nest In a large thimble The calliope is found only In Callfor nla where are resident all th other hummingbirds found In North America with the exception of the rupy throat which appears in some of the Eastern States during the summer Six species of the little iridescent birds ara knewn to breed in the State doubtless there are others which come here only temporarily during certain months The nest of the hummingbird is one Of the most beautiful things In the bird world It is composed entirely of plant down glued together by a saliva which the bird exudes from Us mouth This glue like excretion flows only during the nesting season anil both male and female are provided with It Cobwebs sre also used to hold the filmy struc ture together rarely they alone are thjft materials employed Bometlmes the nest Is swung from tha tip of a swaying sycamore limb fifty feet from the ground other species will put their cradles on the vertical stem of a low shrub like the sage or horehound es peclally along a running stream The sweetest song birds of the world Bra found In California and are here all seasons rf the year in great numbers Naturalists no longer haqd tfre palm for tunefulness to Jhe night Ingale but to an obscure brown bird 9 nr th rAtffanlK fVistlHtlla lha illfnw inls thrasher It Is of the slzs of a vtmookinsrbinl with alis htlT lonrer tall if van with ong recurved bill much Ilka that Of ome of the larger snipe 1 Tana clover After this thrasher In the fricplnlorui of the experts oornaa the tyi Trooeklngblrd sweet singer of every EVXJ in ijaiuomia Alter mm there are scores of lesser songsters including if Jtlbt mountain mockingbird or sage iD thrasher spotted breasted fellow I fts tnoarabundant In the more sheltered Wtffcrilrts of the desert The linnet i if abundant and so often cursed hv the feJSIpsrmersVU no mean singer when he i spares to nour his heart out of his lit tle throat as he usually does to his mate during the nesting season For gorgeous coloring not even the cardinal so famous among the Southern States and In some parts of the for hi scarlet coat can vie with the two species of orioles found on the West Coast The hooded oriole has a wide splotch of black along each gold en cheek the Baltimore ortole Is exactly like the orioles we knew when we were boys In that Indennlte country known as back fcist In the washes and among the willow trees along the streams live the grosbeaks more beautiful if less gaudy than the orioles and much sweeter singers On the hillsides lr the most barren places one ould think of will be found certain buntings whose coats are more blue than the skies that hang over this our Italy In summer their cry sounding like a very loud call from some hidden grasshopper rings out through the hottest day and now and then a flash of blue rewards the tchful eye of onn who li looking for them Ami ng hawks California has the targeat and the smallest llio golden eagle and the tiny sparrow hawks From the gorges of the hills at night rings out the dismal Who Who Who of the great horned owl In the depths of the forests a shadow shapo scarcely larger than a butcherbird moves on silent wing from tree to tree It Is tl pigmy owl the smallest bird of its family known to nat uratlsts All the hawks make huge nests except the sparrow hawk which nests In hollow trees or In holes In cliffs Home there are that select for their homes the yery tip tops of lofty trees where the masses of sticks and twigs they pile up can be seen for miles Others haunt the depths of the forest hiding their nests from sharp eyed en emles amid a tangle of small trees and vines One species the marsh hawk lays its eggs In a soft cradle laid In some depression in the meadow or piled on top of a heap of fallen tules and reeds Others take old crows nests and rellne them laying their ggs In these IT the owls find these nests before the hawks do there Is war In tt Ich the owls usually come out vlctorl us But when a California owl goes forth in spring to And her nest nine times out of ten she takes a hollow tree or a hole in some cliff and thera lays from two or three to nine or ten pure whit eggs as round as eggs can be made by Mother Nature It has been found that owls are very similar In many ways to parrots and some naturalists now think that eventually they may be taught to talk to the same extent as are parrots but no one has succeeded as yet In performing the feat California however holds the palm for yet another thing In the bird line There are mora game birds both in point of species and In numbers of in dividuals here than in any other State not even excepting those along the gulf where conditions seem so idea for a wide range of feathered life The great hordes of geese and ducks and plover plat at on time passed In the migrations up and down the Mis sissippi Valley have been bombarded by gunners so long and so continuously that the greater part of them have quite given up that route and changed their line flight In the I aclflo Coast Here 11 ey Imvel In safer paths through white swans corie to our marshes each year and as they are rigidly pro tec ted but few are killed and their numbers seem to be Increasing A census of the ducks known to frequent the West Coast shows that twenty three species come here regularly each winter In North America so far as known there are but about forty species and many of these are so rare that sportsmen never see them Thus It appears that over half of tne ducks and practically all those com rnonlj considered good table birds are to be found by hunters on California marshes Along with the ducks come Ave spe cles of geese one variety of brant and the swan mentioned above Oeese are commonly found In all coast marshes at the coming of the winter season but most of them spend the greater part of the day floating about in huge rafts well out at sea Here the gunner cannot approach them without being seen and by night they come Into the fields and marshes to feed At Imperial not long ago there was a long wall from the farmers that the ducks and geese were eating up all the grain they had sown Free board and lodging was offered to hunters who would come to Imperial and devote their time to ridding the country of the pests Snipe and plover from the huge curlew to tiny sander Ings along the beach are no less abundant than the ducks though they are shot comparatively little In the presence of so many ducks and geese Sea birds dot the channel Islands and those further north with their nests and at certain seasons of the year come In vast numbers to the mainland beaches Inland the game birds are not less plentiful Quail are found everywhere Not long ego the cry went up from one section of Southern California Save us from the quail It was then claimed that the birds were destroy Ing the entire grape crop of the San Jacinto vlneyardists Possibly they were In any event there are thousands of them throughout the California hills And this Includes two species tha Mountain quail and th Valley quail the latter somewhat smaller than the other and differently marked California has many animals but because they are less seen than the birds they are less well known At least two species of bear are found here the grizzly and th brown or black bear Besides the mountain Hon there are several different kinds of wildcats scattered up and down the coast the larger lynxes In the north the small red and brown tfellowsj In tha south Probably In no part of Col orado or Wyoming both noted haunt of the greit cats are mountain lions so plentiful as In the north con ran portions of the Stats where the SVirra bl a the air than they have been wont to i Nevada furnish them wih ample do for many yturs iven the great feeding and brecins groDnd The puma of South America the panther of the East the catamount of the North and the Hon of California are all one and the same animal has the widest range of any predatory creatare in the world being found all over two continent from the Circle to the extreme tip of the southern con ttnent and from the Atlantlo to the Pacific throughout the New Hem sphere It Is a very secretive animal and th best hunter In all the world of tha four feet not even excepting the famed leopards of India A mountain lion will lie perfectly still In a thicket while a pack hounds passes within a few yards of his hiding place without being disco ered and then Jump and take the back track at all speed so soon as they have passed No human hunter ever lived who could stalk and kill a puma as wolves and deer are stalked and killed and there are few animals that can overoome It In a fair fight A pair of mountain lions can kill a bear in fact have been known to do so when defending their young Few people know that there are wolves In Southern California as well as coyotes There are of course kno vn to be large wolves In the north em end of the State but In the south there la a small species but little larger than the coyote and apprecla bly smaller than the gray timber wolves of the north These are dom seen and not well known even to scientists who have spent many years In the study of the animals of the West In the same hills with these wolves there are foxes a myriad of them and they may be heard bark Ing every night during the sprlrg an summer Of these there are two a rleties living In holes In the bills and In caves In rocky ledges Now and then the hunter In the hills will And one but not often for In romm with many other animals that live 1n nurn bers near the haunts of men they are very secretive As has been said there are at least two species of wild cats In the State and very probably others would be found If it were possible to bring a large series of skins of the animal together A It Is there are beside these many small animals especially among th rats and mice and gophers that are scarcely known outside the localities where tbey are found But It fa In rare four footed animals that California excels In the mountain peak around Death Valley and In othW wild part of the desert are found the wary mountain sheep a bead from one of which Is worth never lea than 100 and frequently much more accordingly as the horns are large and perfect or small and broken Number of these animals ars killed each year by the Indian despite the fact that thera Is heavy An for the slaughtering of tha almot but who has some knowledge of general literature French and German the position of librarian should appeal very strongly It Is also open to th high school graduate with a funda mental knowledge of French and Osr man and contrary to the general be lief a diploma from a librarians course Is not essential In the majority of large cities com petitive examinations are held annually or semi annually and appointees for assistant In the public libraries are chosen from the list of successful ap plicants In New York City preference given to the pupils from the Nw Tork Publlo Library Training 8chool at No 209 West Twenty third street with Mis Elizabeth Foot In charge To enter this school an applicant must be a high school graduate and must erve nine months In practical train 1 ing On graduation the majority of these pupil enter what Is known as Class In the circulating libraries throughout the city starting at a salary of J35 a month The hours are from 9 a to 6 with half an hour for luncheon also one week the girls work during the evening hours and are relieved earlier the next week Assistants who work evening one week are relieved earlier the next week Assistants are promoted to a better standing and larger salary on the clvll aervlce principle The Astor Library will take begin ners without any previous preparation or training and these girls must work without pay until they have mastered the intricacies of library duties Generally speaking it requires Ore years to pass from department or Grade to department or Grade A which latter post represents a salary of 75 per month Private libraries do not maintain schools for beginners or apprentices and positions are secured by examina tion ana inrougn ine mnuence 01 me men and women who form th board of directors or through the philanthropist who may be particularly inter ested In the Institution The young woman who takesup the work seriously will specialize that is prepare herself to be an expert in cat aloguing reference work or technical publlratlms Many peculiarly success ful librarians are those who have spe cialized on children book and the conduct of the children room in a large library A reference librarian the superintendent of a traveling libra ry or the superintendent of the order department all represent posts of con Callfornla preserve them to the last Below the peaks on which the sheep graze lie the level flats that were at one tlms the home of countless herds of prong bucks those graceful New World antelope antelope differ from a deer In that it has hollow horn and does not shod them at any season of the year as do the bucks their antler Time was a quarter of a century ago and more when every mesa south nf the Tehachepl pass was covered with grazing herds of these i JJL NiiffiLfMimiMSiii rS5isssHB KrVf 5 lisSiiMP5tw Slim yssssss sssssssssssssss stMssssI By M1liesssssssssWfT ttllB KSISsflWSsBsBBSSSSsVIW iMlf Agl SWlKJB wJagssssssBssmsssswg I cT Sxtao rKA VuttT sfflw KUfc2ssBBslKrfiJl7 ft SVTlsVX WssBSBBBnBanssHraH jKlflHtiilelilW IHiBHBRIwiiBf 1 BBSBSBSBSbVIsKIbGbBbKBBBSBSbV iSSSBSBSBSBSBSBSsPssW fc 25s3lHlsaaaaaaaW UiM 6 i sSMjT animals but that time 1 gone forever and the few wild antelope left to California are buried In Inaccessible portions of the desert Probably they will go with the big horn and th grlzzlle if at this late dse there are any appreciable number of the latter remaining in the California mountains Jr Two pedes 6dr th JHackHaJl wu riuvitriii uvvn xtlrxn rreaturfa Gradually tht rn tT Vlnurh are found In kw ifJkitthi the Trtrtf nroantain ranges of years agtAUiWwqulrrls rah city Star mountain sheep I passing a vj a few years there can be no doubt ail win be gone going tirflMMrTfr a he BJivjSji Ana as they ore deal mprerrara numver though the mountains great RELIGIOUS COOKS Two cooks were on a southbound Kockhlll car yesterday afternoon I do hope you 11 get your work done tonight In time to get to church Sister Jones said one The preacher has a good deal of liberty and we expect a precious season Well I don worry over such things aald the other very earnestly a she stopped the car at Armour boulevard If the good Lord wants me to go 10 cnurcn ii ii 1st me get raMne io iv cnurcn us ist me get Atriay wer tent through dinner In time LKansas alderable power and larger salary The position of ch ef librarian Is of course most sought tor nd In any smaller cities It Is given to worm The chief librarian must posc per iliar executive abl ltlea Fulhf ilr ess accuracy proTip nesa and thlril Btrength ar needed for uc fi In this work It I not easy epecla 1 In a larjo city like New Tork but lo the si I who loves books and has tict to handle other book lovers It nper a profitable and pleasant field of work MOTOR FIRE ENGINE The municipal authorities of Berlin German are about to Initiate an experiment in the use of motor Are engines In that cl Experiments In thfs direction have already been made jjk several other German cities and towns At Hanover far Instance It was found that the annual coat of maintaining such a Are engine amounted to JSOO as compared with 13000 required to maintain a Are engine drawn by two horsesc It waa also found that the motor Are en sine could leave the station more quickly and reach it destination With i iniLtvr speea uiai tap an vus the older type ISU Louis OlObe 4 iU tK p1 wtVrffe ii1 i fiill 3 yfdjdMiZZfMMlMu ilVKt4 ElfcSJ if fV jC Jrk xa Biftswraea qulrrcls rab City BUT iDemocraU MU.