Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1917 — An Aged Gander. [ARTICLE]

An Aged Gander.

The birds that live to a great age -are comparatively few. Gulls have been known to reach forty years, parrots frequently live eighty years, and swans nearly as long. Ravens and owls usually die somewhat younger, but there is good reason to believe that eaglet and falcons sometimes live more than one hundred years. Of barnyard fowls, ducks and geese live longest. Mr. D. MacLachlan of Islay, Scotland, writes to the Field that he has a gander that Is now sixty-six years old. For forty-five years it belonged to the pr#» prietor of a hotel at Bridgend, Scotland. Twenty-one years ago the fa-ther-in-law of the present owner bought it, Mr. MacLachlan says that the gander looks as well and as young and seems as active as it ever did. There is no doubt about its age.— Youth’s Companion.