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Show H J fj BIRDS ARE EASILY POISONED. H k Nature Seems to Have Neglected to B Safeguard Them. B8888J Birds beem to have no dlscrlmitin- H tton whatever In regard to poisons, H ! probably because they ha-e almost no H jl v sonso of smell ami swallow their food H jj without masticating It. The) are tcr- H y rifled to paralysis by the appearatico H f n I'0'80" snake (unless the loiror H jj "" - ,. duo to dread of tho appearance of H j - tho serpent lather than to an In- H I horlted "knowledge of Its xeiiomeus H ( power), but such Intelligent birds ns H J tooks will ilcl. up nmi onl poisoned H i ( Brain, and crows ami r -ons riailfly H ' ''at poisoned egg or mot. chicken's B 1 vl11 cat the poisonous seeds of lnbur- H ! ii'ii'i and die fiorn Its errects. Whether H (, l,lrds t ch i.-t tits and greenfinches H j: ever do so does not seem to be known. H f t wild birds are frequently found H jj ""i'l'iB gardens, though uppnrentlv B -,v iavc been In good health n few H i1 Uowb before nntl the.r neath may be H probably due to the consumption of la poisonous sieds. laaaaaaaaaif |