| Show THE TOILET OF BIRDS r of et fathered Ff creatures Crea K re gardler their I 1 lath hath the feathered tribe r be hare manyee many peculiar ways and fances about the de alair toilets toil tf some birds use water ta only same and dust dusty while etho colitt prefer ant and water birds are arch pot only exceedingly nice in their choice of bath water says new york home but also very y particular about the quality of their 11 toilet dust wild ducks though feeding by salt water prefer to bathe in fresh water pool and will fly long iong distances inland to running brooks and ponds where they and dress their feathers hers in the early hours pf af the morning sparrows bathe often both in aring ater V and in dust they agrenot are not so particular arti e III ar 1 bout about 1 the quality of the antl water r as ab about 0 ut the quality of the dust I 1 they prefer clean water but I 1 have seen ithem take a dip in shallow pools thit feere quite muddy the city sparrow must aust take a water bath where he the can get it in the street or on the tops of houses but he is most careful in his choice of his dust bath road croaa dust the drnest and finest possible suits him best J have noticed the city sparrow taking his dust bath in the s street and invariably he chooses a place where the dust is like powder partridges prefer dry loam they like to scratch out the soil from under the grass and fill their feathers with cool earth most birds are fond of burnt ashes some morning early take a walk across a field that hasteen has been barnt burnt over oer o er and see the number of winged creatures that rise iise suddenly froni fron jilie the ash heaps A darting form a small cloud of ashes and the bathers bathe dla disappear pear |
