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Show STUDIED FLAMINGO AT HOME How Famous Naturallrt Got "Closeup" . View of Bird Remarkable for Extreme Shyness. A-few years ngn n very grent bird lover succeeded In getting close to n colony of Florida llnmlngos In the middle, mid-dle, of n swamp. Mo had n queer brtskctllko contrlvnree made and covered cov-ered It with palmetto leaves. While .Oie old birds were off feeding he caused the device to he plneed close to Iho breeding grounds and crawled Into It In this" way he succeeded In obtaining much valuable Information concerning the birds. He observed that when they enme flying homo they enme with a grent rushing of wings mid thnt the hundreds hun-dreds of them hurtling along through Iho nlr wns tho most marvelous spoe-tnclc spoe-tnclc that could ho Imagined. One very Interesting fenturo observed wns thnt ench fcinnlu bird went straight to her nest and Rettled down to covering her eggs without u slightest confusion. confu-sion. 1 The mnles amli'ed about as though trying to show off their lovely pluinnge, for the lUmlugo Is us vain us n prccock of his scarlet Jacket Then ench went to his own little home nnd standing gravely on one foot ieslde hhT'Vv.'Jto seemed to bo discussing the weather with her. When one of these grent birds took n nap ho curled up his long neck like n string with a double knot tied lu It nnd laid It back between his shoulder". |
