Show cats licked by booby birds but army wins wing and now the hazards of war include booby birds in the course of building the airport on ascension island the war department disclosed birds of the tern tem and booby fa family in fly insisted on nesting at the toot foot of the runway making plane takeoffs dangerous the army imported cats which promptly took care of the terns but the bo boobies which are io so called because of their apparent stupidity were smart enough to catch the cats and carry them on off fit ally the army imported a bird expert who advised stealing the eggs of the booby and covering the ii ti esting places with chicken wire which proved effective the booby birds are ab nb no relation to the filly loo birds which slide down icebergs at the north pole 0 on n their tall tail feathers shouting feuy loo filly loo which means mean nothing in english but to the them means gad what a sensations ioni |