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Show IN9ECT8 THAT EAT CUni09. a lb nil ' " rnllhaonlan In .timtio rtnbi r, Jlajti r 11 Atiix of juoch anxiety ail IDnoranco to tlm curator of birds ami mammal At th bmltliwnlan Itvtitatlou tad in th) Ntlofcl luuwuin. If KWen a clucco tlwy woul 1 Robbl up tho dwiJ anJatnffeJ croaturr, not mu iparinj th boue and tb beaks. AccorUlriRh th4 In chir hare to bo inltlly ca the alert to combat tbcao small but bot contnttlbl foe If aitoff. "ilwcimenMi liioron&hlr twIwdcI with arsenic vrhwi It la pre umllliPtelillttlwornoilnnaif that It trill CTcr be attacked, but the collection In charge of Secretary Lanfjlcy are icath nl ltrj thcr from all part or the worlJ rtl wy man of th contribution are not properly proti-ct'tl In thli repnt Tliis Utroe jmrUcuIarly of thmo v.hlc!i come frmn Iho tropk where pcpicrt at.J pun'tnt r-ploe are con lJc roil tufil cm nt tot purpM-a of pmerrntloti. Bo tli y aro fur awhile, and th n, thi ipkca baring lost thtlr at it ruth, the iu my birH to prt In Ha work, Not only do" " bit Pn wlt1' ttuffal blntt anJ K -". h-Jt tho kr!cto:i J that reach the It tituu n ftitli the flh rongbly c iri-d off thm ami fwMcJ up la tho mi ihftiPOwlblecompaMfortrttnfport-tl ihftiPOwlblecompaMfortrttnfport-tl n are fr05ntly w joorly protected bypoifonlntrthut marnrota Kt at tbin arifcjt the liicatncnti which join tho botieataaa to arrlomly Injurs their uo In- lin-e kind of IrtMcti threaten the i iQ. 1 collection. Ono la tho familiar ic th. which eat the feather or hnlr down to the akin and leaM unilghtly Ul 1 patche Another Is the 'Mc nncs-tt. nncs-tt. or common MIaM brelle, thkh attacks aoU rat holm In the fatty nklm But wore than rlther of tli wo I tint 'authnntu a Uvtle nbout tho lxo of a !,u t) shut, and M w.iall thtreforo lint It jocinot ruiVrftiMlf ivl'imtnti.l li not readily found when nought for j It I fury fond nf anything horny, arxl, ! plungr chance at a bird, It vrlllbejtln ty eating rtr the covering of the bill, do nu .Ins tho leg afterward and chow hrr, up the phnfts of tho bljrtfer fentbera. If It hia an opiortuulty. It will nutiUrly hoi v comb the horns of animal, fn- coed iur muaenm iturrowa. Ofcourae it Is udIi ratond that llmo three Iragi do all thodamalti tho lar-vmtJt(te lar-vmtJt(te of their UlnR that K tolilb th y aro yet worms. Anotliriortofln 1 t get Into emj ty Cft? and rati np the luiinf infutbranei, where cnrelvts col kvr bare left thorn inalJe, a they bnld Dot do, bat it cannot lujnre the ill li And doea bo tunii, uccpt toinaVu all iter, Ti ehfititmhly, or proTentive, known li blxulphtde of carbon) bnt It has ao 1. mble a unifll that Curator Uldirnjy rill not um it forkceiJnjtbo birds tin 1! -hucbnrKe. lie pri-fcra to employ tho tiostlNBtthlti which is uaphthollue, 11 t k duct of coal tar. A handful cf crya UUof It will kill a caw full of In wets. It has tho dUadTantao of irritating the brettulnf paaiffcs, producing a chrtmla catarrh. Curator of ilammaU True pro fir thecffeuAlro bfaulphMe of carbon. A rrc.1t many things boa idea Watts an 1 birda at the Xatlonit tnutum luie to be protected from lniectat for exatn pie, the roatnmea of all nations and other ttf foods of crery kind, which afford an irteablo diet for dtrourlnz bui;a. It I to small tnak to protect these jicriihable articles from the attacks of many Icgced Karcngera with stomachs for anything snort cf metal and no re pec t for the coat aacrod of curios. Waihinglun Ur. |