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Show Bird Row Over Odd Egg I Fascinates Man for Days j J New York. An elderly man I In tnttered cap and suit, sat mo- I i tlonless under a tree at One i i Hundred nnd Fifty-seventh nnd Z Ilrondwuy, when a mounted pa- I trolmnn, informed that n queer I stranger hnd been sleeping there i three days, approached. I "I'm Interested In birds," the i i old man snld. "Particularly In i tho domestic nffalrs of the pntr of robins above us. I havo en- Joyed their ncqunlntnnco three seasons." i I '" n launched Into the ? J s i.u row that was being 2 X w kj In tho nest, tho result, I I he said, of tho laying there of i I a cuckoo's egg. "Tho malo Jltd I X wanted to throw It out, but the i I female chirped 'no,' nnd has i hutched It. I nm waiting to see I whnt will hnppen next. Queer ? I things, birds?" i i "Ves," said the pntrolmnn, X "nnd tho folk here nhout think X you'ro somewhat of u queer X bird, too." X "How very extraordinary," re- I plied he of the tnttered cloth- l i Ing. "Hero's my card." , i The patrolman rend: "Prof. I ? Malcolm Ogllvle, New York Or- i nlthologlcal society" and rode j i on. 2 |