Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-10
BIRDS LOVE COL0RS.
THEY KEEP A COLLECTION or
vARlEoATep cURloslTlEs.

Ravens, Jays and JsekdsvG
That ronse Of beauty TO which tho cor.
seous plumage Of the mail birds Ia many
species IL an obvious aud direct appeal Ia
By no means limited 10 the knowledge ~
naively shown by re-plendent husbands
and ndoring wives that fine feathers make
fine birds So common and varied Is tho
pleasure derived from this sense, that In
many kinds II extcni1 to the conscious
search for aud appliance " beautiful OBJ
Iects In tho decoration Of nests. Of pleas-
ure houses aud the enlistment u oOllcc.
tions.
This taste Tor ornament 4 by no means
limited 10 birds kept 10 captivity, In which
they oftou learn tricks aud habits foreign
TO their nature FROM ennul and idlcncss.
In tho freedom Of English woods or
Pipnhn iunRlce they show the kecnos.
pleasure In the Strange or beautiful shapes
and colors Of flowers, Of feather, u fruits,
Of gay shells and insects, u woven fabrics.
ofmeial alas. and gems, and similar tastes
shown Ia captivity uru often but the sur
vival and MANNED reproduction Of their
natural love for surrounding themselves
with whit plcases tho eye. II appears In
species where II might he les expected,
and Is developed 10 point a. which 10 H..
Comes an artistic passion identical Ia mo-
tive and the means taken 70 crafty Il With
the same taste aud IT, expression By civil.
ifed man.
his not without reason that the Papuan.
who lives naked under n tree, calls tho
gardner bird "the MASTER" which can
build not only a neat, but lovely pleasure
house besides. and adorns ibis with hun.
drcd beautiful objects to crafty aesthetic
wants which the savage lsn not yet dcyclopcd
enough 10 feel or understand.
TilE sESsE oF BEAUTY.
hat these tastes appear Ia biris which
arr quite low In the seals Of mental deycl.
opmcnt. even among the hawks. which arc
among tho least Keen wlttsd Of the hirla.
The Kite, for instance. has great liking
Tor pretty thing, or what are considered
such. In twoof the rare Instances Ia which
the Kites nest has ls'sn recently found Ia
this country the cock bird had carried
home LONE trailing spray o. woodhlne Ia
flower aud lcft u by the aide 81 ~ mate
In a kites nest found not long ago In
this country the collection" was enriched
by Pieces Of Newspaper and lcatc.o n BRAD.
shawa Railway Guide" aud ou tho fow e..
tntcs In England where these bIris hrc stu
protected tho keepers aro Eid n b. quite
aware n their mania for collecting linen
whom laid out 10 dry. aud carrying on socks
MNfN NNNMNN NNNNNN 70 ANlN NANIHNa
The sense " beauty naturally appears IN
the rudcst aud most elementary form In
such 'ucouih rnbbcrs ~ tho Kites. In tho
far clcvcfcr crows. ravens, magplrs aud
Jays II IL marked aud hereditary passion.
Prom tho Iaskdaw u Rheims " the old
raven a. the Tower Of London, wh6hmaass,l
unique add valuable collection az the
bottom Of one Of tie venerable cannon In
aide the barbican. thsfr eau hardly have
existed q tame member " the tribo which
has not At time. asserted IT, own right 10
share Ia the enjoyment Of what We ~
member TO have seen described Ia tha
pompoua advertisement ~ modern art
fufnishrr ~ 'thosc product, Of the minor
arts which contribntc To the dignity and
refinement Of domestic life
They have y Wide and catholic sense nj
feeling for what may contribute % theft
Happiness In this way. and do not alwAyi
distinguish ,ctvsen what l. beautiful aud
what l. merely curious.
WHAT A NAGriE STOLE
~ the same time they do often dlstln
gulsh and kcap apart what they collect OF
steal for food and their art collections
which are hidden sep.r.tely, arr far morc
carefully concealed. The writer has srcu
this In the cas-. OF tame jay. and jackdaw.
aud has known u praosiced by n raven and
maybe
The latter always bid the efust., and -
pccially the small squares ~ toast mad'
ready for soup. which he stole or had Riysf
him In tho kitchen, l.twrcn tho layers o.
household linon la the drying room of
lArru house IN Northumberland Hut Nh
collections wcrr buried la tho straw Of
disuscd outhousc. The loss Of several small
cups aud Fauorr out ~ bright oolnr'
Mt belonging 10 the childrrn lei 10 the d..
coyery Of this hoard, ~ the bird was seri
% enter the shed. and was there fuuni
pulling away tha straw which covrrvd tn
china
~ far We have traced tho development o
this scnse II bcauty from The Kites. whiol
merely pick up aud carry 20 their neat
what they consider 10 h. pretty aud Inter
csiinR. TO the CROW tribe, which have
separate hiding place for keeping aud ct
joying their TREASURES,
The conscious search for anil application
OF ornament 10 tho decoration Of the fabri
Of tho most. even nj tho risk OF IT, DANCE
aud discovery through the qualification O
their feeling for hopgty. i q further an
most remarkable evidence N the plcnsur
which they derive from that sense; Tor on
Of the strongest impulses u the nesiiu
bird l. toauboriinste the color aud toxtur
Of The outside Of the uost 10 the tint of u
natural surroundings, and none but
strong aud tempting bias 10 the iniplgcno
ola contrary Instinct could compets wlt
their natural solicltuda Tor the safety q
hels young
Two REMARKABLE isftAscra.
Yet two undonbied instances of the nd
di,lon % ornament by English birds 10 IN
outside OF neat have come under Oh
wriier'a notice, where IT, uso clearly 81
tailed some danger from the enemy. m
frt was the nr-t Of chifl-eha1, found
plantation near Rosamond's bower, o
the Isis, near Godsiow. Il was q dome
nest Of the usual Kind, made of dry, colo
less grass, with an entrance In the aide.
Hut on the outside and around the Fl
trance ~ the chamber were stuck sever
Of the brilliant blue feather. 81 the KIM
ilsler, The position of these bright patch'
of color on the outside of the nest u stTou
evidence that beauty, not utility, was a
object Of their insertion.
The other etsc was the nest of a goldhnel
which was hnllt on q high branch OF a ~
Amore, near the window NJ house NJ ~,
mouth, In Dsyonshiro. When the fabric
the nest was completed the brls--or. rat
en- one bird, for tho other was constant
employed In building brought long plco
OF the blue forget me-nuts from tho mel
gHrden' aud ~ adjusted tho sprays that Il
leNcr, hung all round the top u the nes
Ssatnss. In Girls.