Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-19

~ Lory wy o"t W ~
Here is AN interesting .spsount Ly D.
y. G. Abbot of the eAssg ~sy 3
which little bird rebuilt .. nest n
ondsr TO avoid Matching N .s~mlss,s
egg:
"A pretty little fy-catssee, Nhiab had
taken much pains to bup Ger nest.
was in trouble about h.~ own pearly
eggs. and through no tnir Of her own.
An impudept cow-6ird (MolotLrus
pecoris Of naturalists), too lazy to make
a nest for herself, or to look up an old
one, or, indeed, to hatch her own eggs.
had slyly dropped an egg into the fly
catcher's nest, and then gone of. quite
Indifferent as to what became OF it.
What the first thoughts of the fly
catcher were when she saw the in
trusive egg, am at loss TO conjecture,
but the nest itself tells us that the bird
was not easily outwitted, and also that
the conclusion il finally reached was TO
get rid of the noxious egg by making
practically new nest out Of the old
one.
-Now, this fy-catcher, which orni-
biologists know as the white-eyed vireo
fPireo noUebordcencis), builds Q
rather fragile, hanging nest, usually
out of fine twigs and strips Of thin bark,
all nicely interlaced, but sometimes en-
ploying also large pieces of newspaper.
The nest is suspended to the delicate
twigs that grow ON the very ends Il
long, wavy branches. To compensate,
therefore, for the considerable motion
TO which il is subjected when the wind
blows, the nest is made very deep, and
quite small at the top. So deep Is il,
in fact, that usually we cannot detect
the sitting bird, unless the nest n
looked upon from above
I'm the instance of the nest here
described, this great depth Of the orig
inal structure came nicely into play, for
the outcome Of the birds thoughts wW
that TO build new floor 10 the neA.
while il would neeessitate leaving two
Of her own eggs unmatched, would place
the unwieldy eggof the interloper down
in the basement also, and woald tins
leave her free 10 rear her own family.
uamolested. on the second floor. This
she cunningly accomplished by firn
placing stout wig just above he eggs
and then Intervening suitable soft me-
terials with the sides OF the nest, allow
ing their weight TO rest upon the twia
extending from side 10 side and prois.ss
ing beyond them-SL N.cAalax
------.sa-H--.-
Daniel O'Connell has been called the
hish Demosthenes. In addressing an
immense crowd, his voice would glide
AS easy as q bird flies, TO the verge Of
the audience, and stir 10 sobs and
laughter But eloquent n was his
tongue, il could wag as saucily as Q
hsherman's.
Once, meeting q certain Irish noble
man, who sported a ferocious pair OF
whiskers. o'Connell impudently asked,
"when, my Lord, do you mean 10 place
your whiskers on the peace establish
ment p
"When you place your tongae on ths
civil listw rejoined his Lordships
He knew the humors Of the mob, ana
would play the bufIoon in order TO please
them.
During the Dublin election his oppo.
nent was a Mr.. West. OConneil, ~
the hustings, resorted 10 favorits
weapon, the calling Of nicknAmes -Soy
West" and ugly West were huriec
again and again a the opposing candA
date.
@Gentlemen, replied Mr.: West, good
.humoredly, "Mr. 0'Connsli takes -
vantage of me, for he wears Wig
Il Il scorn all advantage, exclAimce
the moderator, snstchlng ON ms w
and exhibiting the bsldest Of scslps;
scompare us nov, boys; is Sow wsu&
the beautyg"
, sasor;te. but judicious friends grievcd
Al the coarse-grained Jest the -tinssl
upon fr,eze." of one who could BE- q
Titan xhcn ON his mother.earth.
.f.I. A -