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Show Sagacious Birds. "" ' 'I Mexico baa a clever bird called the melanarpes, which has dlsovorcd a ntrw uso for tho telegraph pole. At th foot of tho post this bird makes a large hole, In which It rears Its fatally; somowhut higher up the post It makes an observatory, from which bored holes permit it to obsorvo the horizon In ovory direction; still higher high-er this sagacious bird maltos Its storehouse, store-house, nnd thus tho polo serves as 1U, ij home, fortress, and warehouse. ' J i M. BSSSSSSSBSSSSSBBSSSSSSBSBasMMM a -""SSl |