Show STUDIED FLAMINGO AT HOME how famous got view of bird remarkable for extreme shyness A few years ago a very great bird lover succeeded in getting close to a colony of florida fla in the mid die of a swamp he had a queer contrivance made and covered it with palmetto leaves valle the old birds were off feeding he caused the dalce to be placed to the breeding rounds and crawled into it in this way he succeeded in obtaining much valuable information concerning the birds lie observed that when they came flying home they came with a great rushing of wings and tint the hun deeds 0 them hurtling along through the air was the roost marvelous spec bacle that could be imagined one very interesting feature observed was that each female bird w straight to her nest and settled down to covering her eggs without bo c afu sion the males ambled about as though trying to show off their lovela plumage for the vain as a peacock of ills scarlet jacket then each went to his own little home and standing gravel on one foot reside his mate seemed to be discussing the weather with her hen one of these great birds took n gnp he curled up his long neck like a string with a double knot tied in it and laid it back between his shoulders |