Show DEVIL BIRD HAS AWFUL CRY natives of ceylon are not to sol be blamed for being terrified by its it scream of all the awe inspiring coundi emitted by wild creatures none nona it Is said Is to be ba compared to that of the devil bird of ceylon whose cry has been likened to tho the scream of a hum human an bring being undergoing the tha mos most t arl frightful torture naturalists Natura lists have identified this bird with the brown wood owl found la in hindustan tb the e natives of ceylon regard the cry of this bird with superstitious hor her for it Is claimed its ts scream heard at night presages lie he most dire misfortunes A british official of the ceylon civil service has given some come study to this curious bird its ordinary note ho he states is a magnificent clear ab shout out tike like that of a human being b heard card at a great distance and producing a fine effect in the silence of the night but the tha sounds bounds that have hate earned for fol tho the bird its bad name and which this officer reports he heard to cerfee ifft but once are said to be well nigh indescribable the most appalling that can be imagined and scarcely to be b heard without a shudder it has beer been compared to the cries of a boy in tor twe ture whose screams are being stop ped by stran strangulation gula scientific end fit american |