Show HABITS OF BIRDS S Mr l Douglas Dower has put putout out ont a book on birds lie tells of the habits of ofa a great many birds in a most interesting way for instance he tells how the tailor bird does her her wing sewing which leaves one rin doubt whether a ta tailor lor bir bird 1 was in the Garden don or of Eden and saw mother Eve make mako her first dress dresti or whether mot mother er Eve Eye got the id ic idea hof of of that dress from the tailor bird It is a vexed question with nth ith every probability that it will never be answered lie ile sa says rs the bird makes first t a row of punctures down each I side of a leaf and und the edges arc ore drawn together and stitched with cobweb then the nest is built buil in in the leaf and later the leaf is strengthened with strands of cotton The cotton used is soft and frays easil easily so o the part of is is' forced through the tiny aperture issues as a fluffy y knob which looks like a amot knot mot but it is not a knot the bird merely forced a portion of the cotton strand through the aperture and nd the silicon which enters into the composition of f the leaf catches tile the soft minute strands of the cotton cotton otton and prevents them from slipping He tells how the koel hod cuckoo manages to appropriate appropriate appropriate another nest Crows h hate te the cry of these cuckoos beyond all acc account The male bird lights illa in ill ina n na i a tree near a crows craws nest and begins to caw The owners of the nest sooner or later cc go go for him Then he takes to his wings continuing to caw so as induce to-induce the crows to prolong the chase Ho is a amore amore more rapid flyer than they and do doss does s not run much risk While the irate crows are in pursuit the female koel who has bas been lurking around slips into I the nest and lays her egg If 11 she is given time she destroys one oner or more of those alread already in in the nest I She d does es this not because the crows would d detect he presence of an additional egg but in m order that her young when hatched will not be bc starved owing to o the large number of mouths to be fed He discusses whether anim animals ls think Ho He says a flock Jock of peafowl will peafowl hens will select white roosters not because they are white hite but because they show showoff showoff off oft more more- before the hens There is a n whole rhote lot of I female nature in this |