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Show The Ase of lenoocks. A writer In Country Life touches on most Interesting subject namely, tho length of a bird's lite In favorable clr-cumstancea, clr-cumstancea, and gives an Instunce of a peacock which la certainly over a hundred years old. Once upon a time this bird belonged to tho author of "Lothalr," and It la more than thirty yeara aluce he waa sent aa a present to Lady Warwick'! father-in-law. Quite on old bird, you aa. and yet Judged by the peacock etandard he haa not quite attained middle lllo yet. |