| Show A sparrows fa power W el of reasoning A curious story illustrative tf IQ f the intelligence and re reasoning on g power and perhaps of the c ar q x te rascality op the little t twittering wl tte clug m mi bisbal led yie SIE english h if is 11 spar know inow au commod JA dinall hi our related p principal rl towns anu and cities is rotated d by a friend who had ic from the witness who who saw baw sa the 66 aurence cu rence the who resides anniew in new york had bad erected d last ringi in his back bardi W a large box for sparrows nests nesta it aided vided id into three rows each coh cou four apartments 1 chese were all speedily th taken ken posse POss of by a dozen pair of sparrows and the business of making nesta ceedee amidst the customary chip poring din of the these 80 fussy landl landi d pugnacious feathered feather ed colonists ing ink at abr the window 0 one ne Stin slin sunday bunday dayi dayt watching the birds be the gentleman saw dawone one cock sparrow ep arrow come flying to his place with a fine soft white feather in ln h his is bill the box was so placed th that a t he could see into ith tho the apartments and he saw thier bi bird heithe feather into siw sid an incomplete nest and then fly away no sooner was he out 0 of f bight than a fem bem female al e sparrow froni front the adjoin ing 13 9 co compartment who had evidently seen that hopi hop i pe ped dinto into her neighbors neighbor hal hai house ua so and pulled out and carried oft the cov covi i eted reat reather feather ben ber becoming interested the observer watched the performance expecting to see sea the little thief carry her stolen prize to her own nest nesi but no she knew knel y a trick worth two of of 1 that and here is 18 where re she displayed edAn an undeniable reasoning process and acted oria orta on B elear clear perception of cause and eff effect et making a pui dent deat use of her knowledge of the character and disposition of her plundered neighbor she flew onn off with the feather toa to a nel nei tree wb where ere she securely fastened it oln aid in a conspicuous place upon lind and between two twigg twigs and there left it it pretty soon goon the bird she had defrauded caiane cane ca ne back with a straw to add to his discovering his loss be came out with an angry that boded no good to ta the despoiler of his hearth and home if he could only find the rogue his first demonstration on ou aas was to visit bis hia next door neighbor without any bearch search warrant in that abode of peace and he found no trace of the stolen feather and as for the actually guilty party pbs ebs was hopping bopping innocently about ane loudly demanding as far as hs bird tones could be understood by the man at the window what was meant by this ungentlemanly and very vary impolite intrusion into a ladya ladys aed and insisting that a she be was waa no such kind of a woman the cock sparrow was avid evidently enty puzzled unable raker a minute search to find nirad the lost feather raither he at length apparently gava gave it u up p charged it to profit and lossi loss send mind and siew fiew away ill in search of another the thief demurely waited 1111 lilt he bad got well off and slid then thed flew tb to the tree 2 secured the stolen feather and took it in triumph to her own nest this story we are assured is a true one it certainly shows the power of reasoning by a bird just as conclusive conclusively ely aa asana any r logical pro pr 0 cess that was ever employed by daavid dari davi hume dHame arjay ay Gould who ther lealie es ariot lier ller merit ne it n theory of the innate superiority of the fer fbi fernal furnal nal ual sex depend somewhat of vie ir from ul egi ili r fich hi chueh chuch alieh smart reprehensible but W konduct bon b ihde dUct tt la IA regarded ded JI artford tires i |
