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Show lllrrtt tilth Men's ohes. Theiolaa epvcleaof crow In India which aasemblre In flocks of abtut twenty or thltty In the leeea of forests, and whose note exactly rrseiu-blra rrseiu-blra Ihe human voice In loud laughing that a person Ignorant of the real cause wuulJ fancy that very merry pally wsa clo-e al hand, sas Ibe Brooklyn Eaglt. The laujhlng Ji"k-ass, Ji"k-ass, when warning his feathered malra that daybreak la at hand, utlera aery resembling a troop of tioyaehout Ing, whool Ing an I laughing lu a wild chorus. The Innocent night Jar, which has been alau lered under the name of goatsucker, hai a cry, so an observant says, as of one lamenting In distress, which unceheanl la noser forgotten for-gotten "A stranger would never conceive con-ceive It to he the cry of a bird. He would say It was the depalllng voice ola ralJnlght murdered victim, or the laat walling of Nlobe for her pour children tiefore ahe waa turned ti stone." Among blrdethat have power of Imitation, Hie jmrrot la iu!trd to Islk Ihe lil, but as a matter of fact, Its voice la decidedly Inferior to that of the my. nah, a sperlea of starling, to which thcie are oxamfles at the Loudon toolcglrel gardens. Curiously enough the male bird speaka In a high, clear lone, like that or a child, while Ihe frmaleliaaagruir voice. Iheranalia are fond of showing oir their vocal isiweri to visitors to the gardens. An-olhsr An-olhsr bird, tha morriwrk of Australia, It frequently heard vehemently demanding de-manding more pork In a clear, eton-totlan eton-totlan voice. Our whip-poor will also elemanda hla puulslimeut luadlatinct Imitation of the human voice, and Ibe command of the guinea fowl to come back could easily be mistaken for a human voice. Coming Io ipiadtu-I ipiadtu-I eds, Ibe crlea of none an roauu rnoro closely that of the human volie thau those of aealt when lamenting the lost or capture of Ihelr young. Ineyemlt a walling an I aflecllng cry, slmllsr t) that of a woman lu deep grief The cry of a wounded I are reeeroblri lhat of a child lu distress Us timing shriek cau, on a still night, be 1 lalnly heard at a distance of more tnau a mile. p |
