Show birds invade anchored ship on coast now new york an unexpected reception on committee of thoua ands of birds greeted passengers on the pacific sloam navigation corn panya steamer ebro as the vessel lay at anchor off quarantine unable to dock on account ot of heavy fog passengers on oil landing told how swarms of robins sperows apa spa rows starlings eat cat birds and other unidentified varieties suddenly swooped down out of tho the dark begs and surrounded sin rounded tho the vessel frightening a number of 0 persons aboard many struck various parts of tho the ship imd and wore killed others flew into port holes and other openings into tho the ships chips interior stewards filled several baskets lull full ot of dead birds and throw them thein overboard while ten cats kept on tile ship na as pets and protection against rats caught their own |