Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1919 — BIRDETTES [ARTICLE]

BIRDETTES

A "Swallow can travel In the air at ttje nite of 120 miles ah hour. —The canary -lives about eighteen years, ihe • nightingale twelve years. The vulture when swooping on its prey cuts through the atmosphere at 150 miles an hour. Birds can fly for 24 hours at a stretch without descending, even in boisterous weather. Wild birds generally seek their prey In the day time, while beasts of prey generally seek theirs at night. Owls screech when bad weather is at hand, and as foul weather often precedes sickness, so the owl is looked on as a funeral bird. The eagle lives about thirty years, the raven eighty years, and the parrot has been known to exist over one hundred years. These'facts have just been computed. r • ; —— : : When sea th ers aretaken from an ostrich they are cut two inches above the stump. The stump is allowed to remain in the. bird for about two months, and then become so loose that it can be painlessly withdrawn. The ostrich, therefore, is not hurt in any way.