Show FOOLING THE VULTURES cat but the bird soon found out their mistake Mic tabe some sports recently took place at a station in upper burmah one of the events being what is popularly known as a victoria cross raca race that is the competitors have to ride some distance talling taking two or three hurdles on their way to a point where there are arranged a number of figures shaped like human bod bodies jes then they dismount fire a round of M lank blank cartridges pick up a dummy each and race back says pearsons weekly y in this case after the sports were over the dummies were left on the ground and in about half an hour after the ground was deserted I 1 noticed a vulture settle on the round ground close to the dummies in about another five fire minutes more than 30 10 had bad collected the birds seemed much puzzled as they carefully inspected each lay figure walking from one to the next nest all along the ahe line and eventually after sitting in a circle for a short time flew away the birds must have discovered the dummies by sight bight though I 1 have often heard that vultures rely on their sense F smell as well |