Show MURDER DONE BY A BIRD oriole captivity by ruling killing ON of its if ya g T it has been claimed by observers of birds that some of the feathered tribe will feed their young if they a are re capped caged and if they fail after a certain time to release them they will bring them a poisoned weed to eat cat that death may end their captivity A few days ago at the holstein II ranch says the carson nev appeal the children captured a nest of three young orioles and they were immediately caged and hung in a tree the mother was soon about calling her young and in a little while brought thern some worms she continued feeding them regularly for some days without seeming to pay much attention to persons about but on sm rin lay came the tragic ending that d demonstrated e rated the theory relative to birds ahe brought them a sprig of green on sunday morning and disappeared in less ess than an hour they all ah died the sprig prig was examined and proved to bo be the deadly larkspur a weed that will kill full grown cattle the little creatures lay dead in the cage cag and foaming at the mouth victims of the their ir mothers stern stem resolve that her offspring should die by her own act rather than live in captivity |