Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1892 — Some Peculiarities of Birds and Animals. [ARTICLE]

Some Peculiarities of Birds and Animals.

“Some animals exhibit a queer lack of sense,” says a man who has observed them. “Put a buzzard in a pen about six feet square and open at the top, and it is as much a prisoner as though it were shut up in a box. This is because buzzards always begin their flight by taking a short run, and they either cannot or will cot attempt to fly unless they can do so. Again, take a common bumblebee and put it in a goblet. It will remain a prisoner for hours, trying to escape through the sides, without ever thinking of escaping from the top. Bo also a bat cannot rise from a perfectly level surface. Although it is remarkably nimble in its flight wheh on the wing, and can fly for many hours at a time without taking the least rest, if placed on the floor or on flat ground it is absolutely unable to use Its wings. The only thing it can do is to shuffle helplessly and painfully along until it reaches some trifling elevation, from whioh It can throw itself into the air, when at once It is off like a flash. ” —New York Tribune.