Show curious facts serpents aro are said to obey the voice ol of ill their elf masters ranat erB the bird of america follows its owner libe a span iol iel and the jacana ata aada as a guard to poultry protecting them in the field all day from birds of prey and escorting prof then them home at u liht lit in I 1 n the shetland islas there is a g ill 11 which defends the flock from eagle it Is ii therefore to ra carded na as the privileged bird tho the chao clia ioia mois bounding bo anding over tho the m mountain anut 0 n are indebted for their safety in no small decroo to a species of pheasants the bird acts RR all the sent booti tie nel for us as soon boon as aa it gets fight eight of a man an it whistles Thirties upon hearing which the oba oh ameis mais knowing tho the hunters to bo bear sots beta off at fall fail speed the artifices chich partridges and ami plovers employ to delude their enemies from the oest nest of their young may ie ba referred to as a case in id point as mt w veil I 1 as 11 the adroit contrivance contri Tanco of tho the hind bind for the preservation of her young for whon she bho hears the sound or of dogs doga she ebo puts herself la ia the way ray of the hunter and starts in a direction to draw them a way away from her lawns fawns tho the writer already cited says sayi 1 I knew a dog that died of sorrow ut at the loss losi of his master and a bullfinch ball flach that abstained from singing ten entire months on account of the tha all absence of ito mistress on her return it immediately returned its ita song |