Show PENGUIN MOST AMUSING BIRD life and habits of tins queer polar resident prepared by society 1 I 1 D U WN penguin colony of the lon iori I ori ton TIIU don zoo rei recently antly presented a now problem to its keepers when alien these natives of frigid ant aretice stift ered from bronchi bronchitis tib among other things mufflers were provided in nn att nit to birds which arel are worth several hun died dollars a pair IN hile there are several species of penguins the aichle of ant aretina which was nag a source of to members of t tho he ird south pole expedition Is perhaps the most entertaining the adelle addle penguin resembles nothing so much as aa a solemn rotund little old gentleman in star starched lied shirt and swallow tall cont and tile the bird s habits are ar etrude e as ills his lie ile spends blis whole allotted span within the antarctic circle ing that desolate aglon of tee ice and snow with orle one of its few notes of life his wings are water wings which dserve him for naught la in tile the air alre I 1 ike man tie he proposes to the lady of ills ilia heart by proffering her a stone lie walks erect toddling along alon with precise arid and preoccupied mien as though bent on some most important business but more often than not tills this attitude la Is only a pose time la Is really no object to him and after hurrying away in one direction he la Is likely to turn and retrace his steps or dash danh away in some other he may even stop buddi suddenly aly and tur tucking king his head beneath a nipper flipper go calmly to sleep if pursued or desirous of moving over soft snow in a hurry lie he turns himself into a toboggan by drop ping down on lilg smooth bocast and skid ling gayly along propelled hy by both feet and flippers indeed ills hlo tire aro legion and they him the most interesting of antarctic creti creatures tures and doar him to c e ry ery explorer of the desolate polar re along belongs to a first family strangely bird Is truly un an 11 F A first rai family rilly of the antarctic tracing tits his ancient lineage back to those halcyon bals dals of 0 the earths youth before the coming coining of the great glaciers e 4 yf f ft the penguin interesting resident of antarctica then I 1 i a temperate or perhaps yen ven tropical climate it la Is hiob ble that lili ills ancestors lew flew like ther birds hut but as centuries a ed into ages find and cold crept ver the land killing nil fill leata geta ton inn the penguins were forced to th sustenance in III tile siu si u een en willy nally tholar wing thern blies to the rc neni mole of if life and kame eanie the flippers that they are ilni adello adelle Is a grga ilous creo creature ture nd in october and the spring pring lie he congregate lions dong countless thousands of la Is kind in arent rent rookeries rooker rook eries leq there he age old bi business of c choosing i ni mate a t Is hla his first conkli consideration aeration era tion nit it as aoth true love elsewhere lie courie or of hn Is not lays smooth after deciding in ills on mind n the lady he be would wl I 1 lie ie must mist lot int onla aln win tier her faivor but also itil sli cr rhan way I 1 reent rei I 1 in ach levins the rt of thoin lie he a 1 niall 1 1 all stone in his heals beak and lays it 1 iiii 1 ihly tit nt the laws ladys feet tills this ift 1 it HC H C nip by a nap from his hite rimmed bici 14 1 4 tin nn unni clodious from he bottom of alq hl henrt nery erv lie he will mill brive to re nt this a i number her f time before he succeeds in i akil tier her bali baleful ful fem bem nine r er erve e lut he is ia nothing f r no not t bent an mil finalle she he h ld d to alq lint ties to the tent stent of mm blin ft critical dative in nee alius encouraged he as anit inus alq gran leat anil and in ftp further ill inspection lection pec tion if he laa la 4 her the ingv tur hir it I he ad adas h renal 0 make it a durt duet find and both sway md ind stretch tre teli and raye heavenward n an ecstacy of bli ai q tilt nut gentlemen nien penguins are not good lovers they are extreme iv pugnacious as well and when more thin one Is att attracted r acted to the same barne juliet a merry fracas la Is likely to ensue juth beaks arid and flippers they go for each other de evering vicious cuts find and and raining blows blosa about thin wit with such speed that the eve ene can hardia follow if the fair of nil fill tills excitement tills hns a preference for one of tile the combatants she mav fly enter tile the flay ft ay on his fits ald side but more often she blie will sit serc serenely riely ba b while atle her admirers do battle aven 13 1 en one of them will beat a forced retreat and leave the spoils of war to his conqueror con after courtship comes the ernp r tant business of nest bill building idIng and tills this too la is accompanied by much nuo ado an nest consists ot of a loose pile of small stones quite unadorned or softened with 11 nine lining but unfortunately for the peace of the avian community Is not in the near vicinity a muffle sufficient ent sup ply of such building material to go around then does temptation en ter into the life of a p his 1119 soul la Is filled with a grant graat desire and he longs to supply his is wife with more and better stones for the construction of their little love newt nest but there are none to be had with honor soon he be covets those within tila ills neighbors neighbor 8 stone atone pit pile and liming having thus broken ono one corn man ament he skids farther king the downward path and beffie long is IB engaged in taking abat he can while the neigh bor looking Cong constant tant vigilance la Is the price that must be paid for keeping a stone bungalow under ones feath ers in a city of penguins after the newlyweds have I 1 P come proficient enough at the gen tie art of purloining stones to bl be able to maintain a nest two eggs are laid and the process of incura flon floa commences tills lasts about a month with both birds for they have a strong parental Ing instinct and sit patiently for long hours at a time to protect their eggs from the harsh Anta antarctic blasts while sitting bitting on the nests I 1 on birds amuse themselves by at tempting to reach out with their beaks briks and lift a stone from the palo next door if detected anil they frequently are tills la Is a sig nal for a squabble and i without leaving their fiesta the two tino ladles ladies try to bite out each others other s tongues happily they hey seldom succeed ted chicks are always hungry when hatched the chicks are little balls of sooty down doin and they wear their baby clothes for some dome weeks before exchanging them for suits of feathers feathera the start get ting hungry soon after the are hatched and continue in a state of unappeased appetite as long its as there Is the smallest empty space within their elastic young boung bodies live largely on a small red crustacean i occurs in amiling numbers in the antarctic seas there Is little or nothing for them to eat on the land and tl ti 4 until the chicks are fully developed arid and able to take care of themselves eq in the ft a ter they roust must be fed this their elders ba b manns of regurgitation the bogy man for laby penguins takes the form of ft a gull unpleasant bird conc conceives elves its ints slon in life to be tile lie pren of overpopulation among uie the kd d elle 3 and woe noe be unto the unwary unitary chick which wanders away filin its comrades A macaul ng will drop down beside it and with a few savage how blons a of its strong beak end the chick a ait a i I 1 feast upun tie tt e rex bains Adf clies have never bee hoei success 14 full fulli transplanted filin wastes estes however llo iNeer some of their cousins have hae sur survived aved tie temperatures of ail tiner tea and are to be foial in certain of the larger one visit it a pir i ki tile the nn nil lional zoological pirk parl at ton D C and find tl ti em cin 1 well all dis coed As you enter the Inelo surp both of them come forward with grave and dignified demeanor do meanor and emit ot oi greeting cill ing aff clorer the glie you a careful infection out of fart one eie e an ani I 1 then the other rind and then sit dan ith an nip air of re resignation Agnation an and an of utter lour our feelings are a bit ruffled rustled lint until the keeper ii insures you that their be hai lor for Is due to the keen it sap thes eipl riene pl on oil finding that were nere not a fiah 1 h IN A hin hi n the now nea wing of the bird house at the 00 oo on Is built one end elid of it Is iq to ill hi I 1 11 I 1 a large glided inclosure IN within athin abir lee ice machines tire are to croat an antarctic atmosphere in v ellch I 1 ah it Is 19 hoped that a alv of will III lh live e and flour flourish lh Ver 4 science will bet rt draise debise a tile hereby reby those of 11 lit who annot well rell travel to the south pl p 1 un 1111 s enjoy tile capt drollery of tile the adolee pt pi n rno most t interesting if f ant lt artlan a rt I 1 ca |