Show BIRDS THAT ENJOY DANCING i i t Have Regular Ball Room for Their I1 Gyratalons r Dancing Is by no means confined to l quadrupeds it Is tho principal play of nanny birds Perhaps the finest of bird dancers Is tho South American cock o tho i + rock Those birds have regular danc e tag places level spots which they keep clear of sticks and stones I A dozen or more of the bird done era assemble around this spot and then a cock bird his scarlet crest r erect steps into tho center Spreading Spread-ing his wings and tall ho begins to dance at first with slow and stately state-ly stops then gradually moro nnd moro rapidly until ho Is spinning like a mad thing At last tired out hot ho-t sinks down hops out of tho ring and another takes his place Some of tho quail tribe arc great dancers and so are the American sand bill cranes It Is a most ludicrous f eight to watch a crane dancing ho Is so desperately solemn over tho whole performance Ho looks like a shy young man who has just learned to waltz and Is rather ashamed of thin accomplishment |