| Show death cf a feathered centenarian baldwin the centenarian par rot of the zoo is dead crippled BO terribly by rheumatism that for tho past egx months h had not been able to mount his perch he suffered uncomplainingly until monday when the disease attached his heart and he succumbed the circumstances surrounding his death were pathetic on monday morning head keeper byrne was passing through the birdhouse and aa is his custom approached the aged cockatoo and said good morning who was lying in his cage looked at the speaker piteously with his sharp little eyes now dimmed with suffering but made no response goodby then said mr byrne ind he walked away he had almost cached the door when he heard a feeble little chirp and turning saw the hoary laird erect upon his feet goodby screamed bravely and toppling over on his eide he fell dead this cockatoo was at the time of his death years old and his age is well aa he was brought to thia country in 1798 by a sailor who had purchased him in china the mariner sold his pet to captain william taylor ano atter spending thirty years in purifying Crock ys vocabulary which had been sadly soiled on the voyage over died with his life work accomplished the bird profane no longer after spending several years with the family of matthew baird became the property cf the baldvins baldwins Bald wins whence his surname thirty years later hugh madeira became his possessor and after passing through various hands in 1873 he donated to the zoo philadelphia record |
