Show Cats Licked by Booby Birds but Army Wins And now the hazards of ot war in include include include in- in clude booby birds In the course of building the airport on Ascension Island is island Is Is- land the war department disclosed birds of the tern and booby family insisted on nesting at the foot of the runway making plane takeoffs dan dan- The army imported cats which promptly took care of ot the terns but the boobies which are so called caned because because because be be- cause of their apparent stupidity were smart enough to catch the cats and carry them off FIr Finally ally the army imported a bird e. e expert pert who advised stealing the eggs of ot the booby and covering the nesting hesting places with chicken wire which proved effective The booby birds are no reI relation a tion to the filly loo birds which slide down icebergs at the Ule north pole on their tall feathers shouting Filly loo filly loo which means nothing in English but to them means Gad what a sensation |