Each of these 13 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
a bird of the finch or sparrow family. The common junco is a slate-colored bird with light under parts and a light bill. It may be known by two white outside tail feathers displayed in flight. The junco breeds in the evergreen belt of Canada and the eastern United States . In winter these little "gray-robed monks and nuns" go southward as far as the heavy snows go. The junco is one of the most popular and well known of the snowbirds.
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a North American wild tree (Amelanchier canadensis) common in Canada and the United States, and allied to the medlar. The fruit is pear-shaped, about the size of a large pea, purplish in color, and a good article of food. Service-berry and shadbush are other names.
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a port and territorial capital of Alaska; on a promontory between Linn Channel and the Taku river, opposite Douglas Island, and about 55 miles N. E. of Sitka. It had a population of about 1,400 in 1896, which was largely increased in 1897 by the thousands of gold seekers bound for the Yukon river gold fields. Pop. (1910) 1,644. See ALASKA: KLONDIKE.
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DZUNGARIA, or SUN- GARIA, a country of Central Asia, forming part of the Chinese empire; bounded N. and W. by Russia, E. by the Chinese province of Kansu, S. by East Turkestan; area 147,950 square miles. It is an elevated and almost desert plateau between the Altai and Thian-Shan Mountains, and is intersected by subordinate ranges. Between the mountains are several fertile valleys, watered by numerous lakes, and cultivated by nomadic tribes. Millet and barley are the chief agricultural products; gold, silver, and iron are found in considerable q quantities, and salt abounds in the lakes and mines. The country was originally inhabited by the Oo-Sun, distinguished from neighboring nations by their blue eyes and red beards. They were expelled by the Turks in the 6th century, and became subject to the Mongols. In 1754 the cou country was conquered by China, and has since been administered as a province of that empire, though a portion is claimed also by Russia. nort
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a Linnæan genus of cryptogamous plants, containing a great number of species, which some modern botanists have divided into : many genera, and some have even formed into an order, Jungermanniceæ, though it is more generally regarded as constituting a sub-order of Hepaticæ. The species much resemble mosses in appearlice. Many are natives of Great Britance. ain. The tropical species are very Great Brit numerous. JUNGFRAU (yöng frou) ("The Maiden"), a magnificent peak of the Bernese Alps; height 13,671 feet. Its summit was first ascended by two Swiss gentlemen, named Meyer, in 1811. On Sept. 18, 1898, the first section of the Jungfrau railway, to the Eiger glacier, including a tunnel, was opened; since completed to the summit. The last stage is made by elevator.
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yoong'frow, one of the most impressive mountains of Switzerland. The name is German, meaning literally the young woman or maiden. It is the highest peak but one of the Bernese Alps.--13,571 feet. Seen from the road leading from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald it is a majestic pinnacle of rock wrapped in a dazzling shroud of eternal snow. In the summer season the region is one of absolute awe-inspiring stillness, save for the chatter and clatter of tourists and the echoing thunder of avalanches. In 1811 the Jungfrau was scaled for the first time by two guides. Since that date the ascent has been accomplished by Alexander Agassiz and other scientists. It is now managed regularly under the direction of skilled guides. An inclined railway, 13,670 feet in length, climbs the mountain. A large part of the way is cut through tunnels, but these are open at frequent stations where passengers may alight to view the scenery. The very tip of the mountain, a distance of 242 feet, may be ascended by a lift and by a spiral stairway. See Mt. Blanc; Switzerland Jungle-fowl, a popular name for several wild fowls of India and southeastern Asia. They are supposed to be the ancestors of our domestic fowls. See Chickens; Mound-Birds
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a term adopted into the English literature from Bengal (Sanskrit Jangala, "desert") and employed to designate those thickets of trees, shrubs, and reeds which abound in many parts of India, and particularly in the unhealthy tract called Terai or Tarayani, along the S. base of the Himalaya, and in the Sundarbans at the mouth of the Ganges. Tigers and other beasts of prey, elephants, boars, deer, and other quadrupeds may be found in great numbers in these thickets, with gigantic snakes and multitudes of monkeys. See BENGAL: INDIA.
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Felis chaus, a wild cat, of a yellowish-gray, inclining to reddish above and white below the muzzle and the limbs, with dark stripes, and the tail ringed with black; found dia and Africa.
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remittent a Inoce which is apt to attack Europeans others who pass through East O jungles ( forests) during the rainy fever, cod son, called also, by Anglo - Indians and med fever. adian very
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the name sea- India to the wild species of hill Virg ( Gallus ferrugineus) which is the bpec of our domestic fowl, and to three nin form closely allied species. See POULTRY Linss the c rent land
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a borough of Cher bushy nia, in Blair co., on the Pennsylvania which Company Railroad. Its industries clude railroad repair shops and small va- our p mills. Pop. ( 1910) 5,285; ( 1920) nia obtain in-lant,
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a Pennsylvania, formed near the ilk Savin the State, by the junction of the 30. cation Juniata and Frankstown branch, in in a generally E. course and JUN of publish into the Susquehanna 14 miles le tiser" Harrisburg. It is about 150 miles and though not navigable, is noted - the firs 8 the las picturesque scenery. Beside it Pennsylvania canal and railroad 1772. printed latter crossing the stream many was pul
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a department of Peru and wa bracing about 23,347 square miles 1773. vided nearly in the center by a the Andes mountains. While the public of vince is rich in deposits of copper excited t salt, and silver they are not yet purity os oped. Agriculture is in the same perspicui ward state, small crops of cereals studied a sugar - cane being harvested. Most zling met province is not traversed by tacks obt The capital is Cerro de Pasco. which per about 400,000. ever poss tion of th
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