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Show STUDIED FLAM- how Famous at HOME View of V f -X .turalir. Got "Closeup" .-oird Remarkable for ''extreme Shyness. j A few years ago a -very nr--a t bird lnvor succeeded In gelling close to 11 colony of Florida liamlngos in (ho middle mid-dle of a swamp. lie had n queer baskellike conlrivanco made and covered cov-ered it wilh paliniilln leaves. While (he old birds were olT feeding ho caused I he device to he placed close lo Ihe In-coding grounds and crawled inl,, (. In 1 1 1 i s way hi' succeeded in obtaining much valuable iiil'onnaiion concerning the hinls. lie observed Hint when (hey came living home (hey came wilh a groal rushing of wings and (hat Ihe hundreds hun-dreds of them hurlling along through the air was the most marvelous spectacle spec-tacle that could be Imagined. One very inleresiing fealure ohserved was that each female bird went straight to her nest and sol I led down lo covering her eggs without ,'ht slightest confusion. confu-sion. The males ambled about as though trying to show off their lovely plumage, for the fi.lmingo is as vain ils a pereook of his scarlel jacket. Then each went to his own little homo and standing gravely on one foot Reside l,iu iti,ile seemnil In he discussillir till1 weather witli her. When one of Ihese great birds look n nap he curled up his long neck like a string wilh a double knot tied in it and laid It back betwven his shoulders. |