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Show H BIRDS IN "CAKE WALK." BBBB V- 1 Naturalist Tells of Peculiar Antics of IBflJB the Albatross. BJBhH In tho Lnysan islands of tho Pa- Iclflc tho albatross Is very tnmo and very nbundant. A naturalist thus describes de-scribes tho so-called dnnco or "cako walk," ns tho sailors call It, of these Interesting birds: "Two albntrosscs approach each othor bowing profoundly profound-ly nnd stopping rather heavily. Thoy clrclo around each other nodding sol VBT Y cmnly all tho time. Next they fenco HflflH I n little, crossing bills and whetting HBflH 5 thorn together, pecking mennwhilo, H V,- nnd dropping stiff llttlo bows. Sudden-K Sudden-K ly 0I1Q Ilfts lts closed wing and JflBBJ U nibbles at tho feathers underneath, BBBflj I or rarely if in n hurry merely turns BBBflj - Its head nnd tucks its bill under Its pflJBj i wing. Tho other bird during this PflBBJ I short performance assumes a statu-BBBI statu-BBBI I csquo poso and cither looks median-- lcally from sido to sido or snaps its pflflaT bill loudly a fow times. Then tho first BBBJ I" bird bows once and, pointing its head BBBJ-- I and beak straight upward, rises on its BBBJ toes, puffs out its brenst and utters pflflfl y . . a prolonged nasal groan, tho other BBBJ 4 ""J- hlrd snapping Us bill loudly and rnp-Bk- J Idly at tho same time. Whon thoy BBBBl , havo finished they begin bowing nt ,lJt M68iach other again, almost always rap-3 rap-3 3 ..dljTancl nltornately, nnd prcsontly re-KlJM re-KlJM ft. peat tho performance." i W |