The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-26
~ @ ENfPoRIA KANSAS FRIDAY JANUARY &C. 1872
BIRD MARRIAGEs--EsvE AMONG FHR
esq .PRATHERED BIPRDS. .Isg

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BIRD MARREAGES--LsVE AMONG TIE
ESQ REATHERED BIPEDS.
"A lover of nature, Pastor Smell,
OF Hohenstein, Nassau, Germany,
has recently made some very inter-
estirg studies in regard to marriage
among birds. According to him all
birds, with few exceptions, live in
true, 1ife-long marriage, as can be
easily observed among ravens, jays,
doves, sparraWs, etc. The lark-haWk
belongs to the quite inseparaBle
birds. in spite of its general wild
ness. If we see in the autumn,
when these rapid flyers go on their
WandeFings, loue of them making
his. wonderful flights in the Air, We
shall, as q rule, soon discover his
mate. a great many birds flock to-
gether In the autumn regularly, in
Creator small bsVies. But it has
also, baen fouad that the single pairs
remain together. There are birds
of passage, however, of which the
males and females unite in separate
Hoeks, and thus divided make their
southwark journey. This is, for
instance, the case with the bullfinch.
In spring however, the same pair
come together again. The male
nightingale sings, on the first days
of his arrival in spring, SO lively
day and night, without interruption
In. order to call his mate to him,
who arrives later, or, since she
knows their home, to announce his
presence. The spafropy-hawk meets
his mate, in the spring, On the same
tree where they took leave of each
other the former year, after he has
made many cross flights, and per-
haps visited the palm groves Of At
RIGA and they prefer to occupy the
same thicket which they had form
erly occupied. --.....,I.r
BRIGHAM YOUNG BIRDS.
A few birds live in polygamy.
Among these are the moor-fowl,
the domestic fowl, the duck, the
goose and q few others. The mar
rage most frequently takes place
in the spring, when they are year
old, and in IL there is shown a very
distinct choice, the reason of which
is 4s little to be determined as
among US, even though the usual
motives of life do not prevail. Oft
en- fate alone determines but when
there are many suitors, the strong
est has the right. Even when the
males, which, however is seldom
the case, since with birds there are |
more males than females, there arise !
many battles through jealousy.
HINT FOR WIVES.
In marriage strifes do not occur,
since the female always submits to |
the male. The choice of the nest, |
for example, always falls upon the |
male; and Pastor SMELL observed, |
IN the case of sparrows aud doves,
that when the male, from stupidity |
and anxiety, had chosen an inap- |
propriate place, the female immedi- |
atelY began to carry material thith- |
er. although it wss nearly impossi- |
BILE to do SO. Only with the lark
hawk happen many qHarrels over
the booty, which, however, never
lead to violence. We must recog-
nize among all birds living in mono |
gamic state the virtue of faithfulness |
In marriage. Nevertheless! there
is difference to be made between /
each gender. s-..... f......-'- ~
p AND HUSBANDS. @
On the side of the female (says |
Pastor SnelD have never. so long |
and carefully as have observed |
birds, noticed any unfaithfulness
and on the side of the males seldom,
though it does sometimes happen.
If we consider that the females are |
by nature more shy and timid, we !
shall find an explanation of this |
difference. 1t is easy to discover
the formal breaking up of the mar
rage. This happens some
times, and is frequntly decided on |
by the female Among pigeons,
such separations only take place |
when they have been bound togeth- |
er from the commencement, not from |
but from constraint. In
such cases it was therefore from the |
a naesdliiGnce, and
the separation takes place because
one Of the couple again seeks its !
former mate, from which it had been
by the caprice of its mas
ter. .s.s= .-..-.---..
.. DIVORCES.
Among wild birds such divorces
occur less frequently, because with
them all constraint is done away |
with. In the breeding time the fe-
males are devotedly supported by |
the males among many species the
latter sit as well as bring food. AS |
soon as the young come forth, the |
male has its hands full, for among
all birds whose young must be fed,
he takes upon himself the business |
of feeding and rearing them. Among
the birds, however, whose young |
run away from them and eat alone,
as for instance, the partridge, the |
male has to lead them to the appro-
ate feeding. place, warn them of dan
ger and protect them. With par |
tridges the whole family remains
the winter together,
and only in the spring do the pa
rents separate from their children
Whoever. has observed how that q
pair of birds are always together,
call to one another, share |
each joy and sorrow, and during |
the hard frost press close to one an
other in their sleep, in order to
keep themselves warm, and all this
at time when the passionate in
stincts are asleep SO deep in the |
breast of the bird, will admit that |
such a marriage is no ordinary un-
ion, but one grounded upon the |
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