The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-04

stays. Who had not ventured into the fray.
But If the services Of the strong-minded
female Is needed when the bride is carried
of BY brute strength, the exact opposite
seems 20 be the case with other species. The
unmarried female spider, ca led Fhidipplts
] rufus, for Instance, is described as savage
| monster, worse than an Amazon, in fact.
/ for If she does not like the woOer who
comes to show of mis- charms before her,
sac wiu straiZhtway gobble him up-she
has literally "a devOuring love"
Usually. however, imal courtship, al
though It IS very much more elaborate
and lengthy process than is generally SUD
posed, is managed on gentler and pleasanter
principles. Were the male bird has no
special loveliness of feather to charm his
mate with he resorts 10 song. The lark, the
! nightingale and all the most tuneful birds
are very plainly clad. Many of those which
are most beautiful Of plumage have not
song worth sueaking of. Fhe male yellow
hammer has a wretched chant about "a
very, very lit lie bread aid no che-e-e-se,"
the exquisitelv marked bullfinch has u thin,
poor Tote. Most of the bOst Sill gers. %,
are small. The strong. big birds, the crow
lbe and the falcons for example have not
thought it worth while to cultivate their
voices. 1t is the bird With no other means
OF "ooing that endeavors to charm his lady
love with song. And there is no doubt
whatever that the rivalry is extremely
keen, and the choice a deliberate one. In
the fields and groves there are many old
maids and bachelors who apparently
never had any Involvement to marry
IL IN the middle of the nesting sea-
son-when, if the poets are to be believed,
every bird is busy with its own
iamily-you are cruel enough to shoot one
OF pair whose nestis made, and who have
eggs, or even young, the widow or widower
VIII not go into mourning, but speedily pro-
cure another mate, and the process may be
repeated over and over again, thus conclu-
slvely proving that there are "wall-howers"
among the plumed, as we'll as among the
plumeless, bipeds. Darwin accumulated
many examples proving that animals may
expect a choice, or fall in love- as we call it.
how pure-bred setter pinned for a certain
cur and refused every other alliance, and
how in the spaniels heart there grew a
romantic passion for a certain retriever,
and the love stories of the deerhound, have
| ali become ancient history now. Some Of
the most amusing animal courtships are
those where the heart of the female is not
reached through her aesthetic love of color
or or music but. through the equally
aesthetic pleasure she takes in beautiful
gesture. Here is Mr.. Poulton's account of
the manner in which the Salts pMLeD wins
his bride, and it seems almost like an imi-
triton of some dances After a few
~ Capels INV SHe uRSnSs
toward him, while he, raising his
first pair of legs, extends them up
ward and forN ard as if to hold her
off, but withal slowly retreats. Again an
| again he circles from 81 lie to side. sue gazing
toward him in a softer mood, evidently ad-
miring the grace of his antics This was re-
peated till we counted hundred and eleven
circles made by the little male. Now he
approaches nearer and nearer, and when
almost within reach whirls mailv around
I'd around her, she joining and whirling
with him in a giddy mlze,n and SO on for
several more evolutions Sad to say, how
ever, the capricous little insect who, if
there is any truth in tran>migration, would
seem to have the soul of ballroom fiilt,
will often refuse her love even after daaci q
with him for a long time.