Show I Cuckoos Cuckoo's Queer Conduct t Dun Dae to Bi Bij J Appetite The habit of f U the aD f tit fit It tM Its In la other i bird nests nest and thus thu footing tb the care of 11 its I young ur upon n unwilling to foster footer ter parent 1 l U Ie not Bot as unnatural as It has hu been t I given tie the tL cUs l' l tor tot beng a accord accord- I log In tl to Doctor Dobay a lIon Hungarian arlan zo oJ D Doctor Dobay Dobal points poInt nut out three facts fact I that may mal help tl to explain the cuckoos cuckoo's peculiar conduct First the cuckoo Is a great eater tie He e devours hundreds of In Insects Inject e tJ and worms In a day dal T This forces him to tobe tobe tobe be a great creat hunt hunter banter r constantly on the move mOTe He ne would probably be b kept kepton on short rations If It he and his mate had to stay atal c close to a nest not to mention the difficulty of getting enough additional food for tor a ban hungry family Second Beron Mrs Cuckoo La Is strongly a against race suicide She lays lars from 20 O to 25 eggs In a season lellon as against a modest six or nr ten produced by bl other bird No birds bIrd going no matter how Industrious could feed a family like that Better Detter make orphans orphana of them and trust to providence and the bounty of strangers Finally no bird ever sits lilts until she has hu laid her whole dutch of eggs If It the cuckoo waited until all aU her hel eggs were laid ald the first ones onea would b be spoiled before the last were prod produced aced and she Abe was ready to Incubate them It appears therefore Doctor Dobay concludes that the apparently heartless heart heart- hearties less ies behavior of the cuckoo Is la the only practical method open to provide for tor forthe the be continued existence of the cuckoo Kansas specie Kansas CUT City Star |