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Show BIRDS THAT GLOW LlKE LAMPS IN THE DARK We are told by some students of nature na-ture that there is a species of owl that has a phosphorescent glow in the dark and that It Is a rare bird. There may be such a bird, but a careful investigation on the part of a number of persons who have made such things a careful study has revealed re-vealed the fact that certain owls, and oven bats and other creatures, that are known to roost in old hollow trees that are in a certain stage of decay iproduoing that peculiar phosphorescent phosphores-cent condition so often witnessed and coming in contact with the matter that makes the glow, the feathers or outer coating of the creatures become saturated with the luminous matter, and on damp nights gave forth a brll-liant brll-liant glow, such as is often seen in old stumps, decaying logs and In some localities on ledges of limestone that protrude fTom the hillside. On a number of occasions persons have been badly frightened by coming suddenly upon a mass of what is known as fox fire. It is inn fw quently seen during the summer I months, during or shortly after a shower. The brilliancy of the glow will depend much on the location, the temperature and sometimes much is due to the person's imagination The writer recalls an interesting in. cident when a friend was passinc , through a thick piece of timber on his way home after robbing a water, melon patch. He was suddenly overtaken over-taken by a thunderstorm and could not see where he was going save by the lightning. He was hurrying to got through the timber, and while in his nervous excitement he came unon a sight that thrilled him with fear and awe. He said it looked like a pillar Ho stood gazing at it in utter bewilderment. be-wilderment. Suddenly there came an-other an-other brilliant flash of lightning, and ho saw standing before him a tall snag or decayed trunk of a tree Tho moment the glaro or the electric flash was gone the glow returned, and he realized it was nothing but a very distinct specimen of that phos-phorescent phos-phorescent glow so often witnessed He determined to investigate it more J5inn?74und advanced near enough to i touch the stump. To increase hit f , '?u huge owl fle" out of the top of the snag- with a wild scream and it seemed to him as if the crea- : ture was ablaze with the same gloi i , that covered the old tree trunk. u ' He lost no time in getting home. tf,1 ihis same glow is often seen on small animals and a number of in- E sects. The glowworms are quitf 1 common in various sections of th ll ?j world, and in some localities insects have a brilliant glow coming from ii t beneath their wings. The fireflies, 5 or lightning bugs, are the most com- Li mon in the United States. . I nn i I |