Iron County Record | 1915-04-23 | Page 3 | Explaining Songs of Birds

feciiliiiiffiptft Beautlfuf Not of tho Nlflhtlngale, for Instance, 'Are Inspired by Paternal Love. It la generally assumed that n bird sings becnufio ho Is happy, but bcI-enco bcI-enco gocB deeper for n explanation of tho why and wh,rcforo of tho bird's Bong. Nature'" optimistic Joy in constructive pi ogress is expressed in tho singing of tho mnlo birds who charm tholr mates to further their wooing, nnd continue after egga nro laid to encourngo tho fulfillment of hatching. Tho song stops when the llttlo birds como out of, tho shell. Tho nlghtln-galo, nlghtln-galo, for weekB during the period of ncst-uulldlng nnd hutching, charms his mnto and humnn cars near him with the beautiful music Of lito lovo song. But as soon ns tho llttlo night-ingnlcs night-ingnlcs como from tho eggo the t.ong changes to a sort of guttural cronk, Implying anxiety and senso or responsibility. respon-sibility. If tho nest nnd contents wero destroyed de-stroyed tho nightingale would at onco resume his beautiful Bong to Inspire his mate to help him build another nest nnd Btnrt all over again tho loving lov-ing work of bolng fruitful nnd multiplying.