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Show AAF?Y" CXiP&AK 6QMNER STRANGE BIRDS MI nm the l'cnch-Fnccd Love Bird," raid ono of the birds In the zoo. And Indeed ho was well named. For his face was of a rosy peach color Jm,t that color, In fact, of a luscious, delicious-looking peach. He had green and blue feathers ns his buck fcuthcrs, but his face was the most exquisite color of all. "I come from South Africa," he said, "nnd I nm considered h very rnro love bird. If not one of the very rarest. That means that there uren't many of our kind. "Wo'ro unusuni not to bo seen often." "And I'm the South Afrlcnn aro.mil Iloniblll," sold another yet strange bird. "I um black In color, but I have a kind of pouch perhaps you would call It n puffed-out crnvnt of u tomato-red color. "When I nm In the free state I cat Insects nnd snakes nnd siuull animals: "You see I buve n vnrled diet ns one might say. Yes, I don't eat Just ono' thing. I like n lot of different things to ent. "You know my nnmo menus something. some-thing. It means Mike the ground, nnd "Some Can Look Wle." cure nioro for the ground than I do for the nlr.' "Of course, the nlr Is around tho ground,' too, but I nm sure you know whnt I mean. I like being upon tho ground and I do not en re about being up In the nlr. ' "Surely thnt is clenr." "I,1' said tho Concnve-Casqued llornblll, "um n cousin bird to my neighbor Ground llornblll. ' "My bnck Is certulnly very long. '.Yes, look nt It nil you wnnt to I do not mind, In the lenst. While you are staring" nt my long beak and head, 1 en n staro at the people with their small noses nnd mouths, such small ones- ns they linve. "Tho Mrs. Concnve-Cusqucd Horn-bills Horn-bills Iny from one to two white eggs In n hollow tree. Then wc plnster up tho entrance with clay leaving n little wee, narrow silt through which wo can feed our mates. 'The Mrs. Concnve-Cnsqued llorn-bills llorn-bills nre Imprisoned In the trees until the eggs are hatched, but thnt mcuni thnt they will be safe nnd the eggs will be safe, nnd we mnke sure of feeding them. - "Anywuy It Is our custom. And so Is It the custom of the Mulnynn Horn-bill Horn-bill family. They have plnk-und-hufl touches quite pretty I ! "And they have black feathers nnd linlo yellow beuks." ' "I'm Cock-of-the-Itock-, n nlcd nnmp,!' xuld'.the next bird, neighbor In the' zoo. 'Thi from' Guhtnn. I-li'iiVe n fine crown or comb upon tho top of my head of orange. "In fact, I nm nil orange In color. ' "They shy thnt there Is-'hurdly nny bird anywhere so vivid and bright In coloring nk I nm. ''In .fnct, I don't bclleye, they know of nny bird wenrlng n brighter suit. i "Isn't It handsome? "It Is so gay and so beautiful an otjungo color. Yes, you would notlci me 'anywhere. "I often open my mouth ns though I were going to say something wise, and 1 don'Lmiy anything ut all. "I hope thut people will think Pit wiso by my doing this. You know how soiio,cnu look wls,e, and ns though they wero going to say something smart and clever nnd bright, and yel tlley never do. 'Still they give Jhe Idea they're clev vr because they glvo the Idea they'r always going to sny something sc clever nnd people almost Imagine thej huve snld something worth hearing. . "That Is the way I wnnt to look 'And I enn help myself along by belnj so'brlght In color, so gjiy and so brll limit In plumage. "Outsldo you will see l.ndy Ambers Pheasant. I hear she dropped n fliu feuther of golden nnd brown and thai , It was given to a visitor to the zo who is prizing Jt highly. Well, I don' object to that." i |