Show seagoing aviary A seagoing aviary built up over a period of 20 years by capt john Stam visited seattle aboard the motor ship Delft dyk of rotterdam the 40 specimens in the cages that line the walls of the lower bridge were rescued from probable death by the kindhearted kind hearted captain after they tired while flying over the sea and alighted on the ship normally they would have starved to death or died from exhaustion the collection includes japanese thrush saffron enches cinches from colombia a holland blackbird that is a fine singer two cuban doves several er al kinds of canaries two Cl arkes crows and other species the crows are a puzzle to ornithologists as well as the captain they landed on the Delft dyk in the middle of the gulf of tehuantepec off lower california where the weather is tropical |