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of gal li wampus winch are peculiar to the state of Connecticut'. 1i- i h -n red I ess to £a y t h a t the gal-liwampus could hot survive the bright sunshine and the clear; rain-washed air of the mountains, and in a few weeks after their arrival, the gulches of Crazy Horse Gap were littered with their dead bodies.nrBrrt—CfTFy FeTf a heritage—a heritage of blight and disaster. It is known that the galMwamnus U immune to double-dandruff but he carries the germ much as the bee carries the flower's pollen.Shortly after the .death of tha. hist galli v/am pus, the forestrangers observed that the p’hilly-lo(f birds were afflicted with the dread disease. Its ravages spread to every bird and the enormity of the epidemic caused one old-timer to tlihk a snowstorm war //brewing on Mount Baldy when a covey of nhilly-ino birds,—x hiding a shaking party in an effort to rid /themselves of the dandruff scales.The pestilence exacted its toll, and the last philly-loo bird wag dead. But wait! On the north side of Mount Baldy was a nestwjth *rfterthe mother’s death, the little fledgling pecked his way through the shell. The sun was saying its first good-»morning to the dew-drenched mountainside as the little bird stepped forth. Impelled *by the driving curiosity that is characteristic of some birds, the little philly-loo bird started toward the great ball of fire in the east, on Investigation bent. The win swung in its orbit toward the south, and the little bird followed. Evening found the weary bird on the west side of the mountain and the sun disappeared below the horizon. Fright lent haste to his laggard little feet, and tive homing instinct brought him safely to his little nest. He had completed the entire circuU9of the ‘.mountain.The fol,lowing day throught arepetition. Curiosity mounted%»with each day and became a » frenzy, and the little bird grew I strong and its speed in the chase around the niountain after the sun was amazing. Nature, that careful mother of us all, was not remiss even in the care of the little bird. She caused the outerleg to grow Jong as she kept tn* inner leg short, so the little bird would remain on an even keel In its one-way daily trip around themountain*Came the dawn and a cloudy day. The philly-loo bird roused himself from sleep, arose to start his journey, but nnitvi no sun. Habit was too strong however, and he set out, but in the wrong direction. The position of his
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Corona Daily Independent
Corona, California, US
Wed, Apr 03, 1929
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