Garland Globe | 1907-03-16 | Page 4 | Ages of Birds

Ages of Birds. Tho doctrine of vegetarianism appears ap-pears to bo slightly shaken by tho result re-sult of an In'atlBallon mado Into tho subject of th" longevity of birds. With ono notable ""option tho carrion, or meat-eating birds, nro the longest lived. Tho exception la the swan. Tho average ages of tho best known birds are In the followks list: Dtackblrd lives 12 ye: s; blackcap, 15; canary, 24; crano. 24; crow, 100; eagle, 100; fowl (comr- ), 10; goldfinch, gold-finch, 16; gncse, 60; horon, 69; laik, 13; llnnot, 23; nlghtln-'Jc, 18; parrot, par-rot, CO; partridge 16; icacock, 24; pelican, 50; feasant, 15, pigeon, 20; raven, 100; robin, 12; skylark, 30; sparrowhawk, 40; swan, 100; thrush, 10, ano tho wren, 3 years.