Show PROOF OF BIRDS INTELLIGENCE Fanciers Tell of Incidents That Have Come Under Their Notice Several bird fanciers wore discussing discuss-ing traits of pots My cousin had a gander said a man that suddenly developed a desire to sot Ho was found setting on some round stones thru on nn old tin kettle then on nn old shirt So to satisfy c him they gao him six goose eggs and ho hatched them beautifully But ho miscalculated his goslings strength and walked them to death I hava a parrot said an elderly woman that learned last year to light matches She takes a match in her bill nnd strikes itsho doesnt rub itagainst a hard surface Sometimes the match breaks but usually It lights Then the bird drops it at once Matches must bo kept out of her way Put a boxful before her and she wont stop till all have been sot off Sparrows are Intelligent said a bird photographer Ono day beneath be-neath my window a sparrow attempted attempt-ed to tako a white feather from a swallows nest Tho swallow attacked attack-ed the thief there was a fight and the sparrow flew away beaten But in an hour or so ho came back with about a hundred companions They fell on the poor swallow killed her and tore her nest to pieces |