Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-13

limited to birds kept In caniI{ 1(i|
they often learn tricks III
to their nature from ennuI 81
In the freedom of Eo6|I.5
Papuan jungles they show I.
pleasure in the strange or bean.,s.,
and colors of flowers, OF feafkss Y.
of gay shells and insects, q ros.s Y "a
of metal, glass and gems, and sm,'..
shown in captivity are often T.. y
vival and manned reprodnet;e, y, !
natural love for SURROUNDING NJ
with what pleases the eve. h.s.
species where it might be H.. KY
and is developed to a point A rt " N
comes an artistic passion jdenfs',.A
tive and the means taken to prs,;,. "
the same taste and its expressjos \
lied man.
1t is not without reason that Il. 4.
who lives naked under a ira ~
gardner bird "the masters vhi%
build not only a nest, but lorel, n
house besides, and adorns thu wtS I,
dred beautiful objects to CRAFTY ..'
wants which the savage Is not III ,s,s2
enough to feel or understand
THE SENSE OF BEAUTY
But these tastes appear in bjm, :.
are quite low in the scale Of meut, =
opment, even among the hawks MI
among the least keen wittef Of ,bs h
The kite, for instance, has 4 rrssi \,
for pretty things, or what are eoo.s
such. In two of the rare instaucess,;
the kites nest has been recently Am,
this country the cock bird bud 3,
home long, trailing spray 81 woodg.
flower and left it by the side Of its ns
In kites nest found not lonv I.
this country the collection wa ssis
by pieces of newspaper and leayesols
shaw's Railway Guide" and on tbs
tates in England where these birls,sI
protected the keepers are sid 10 i
aware of their mania for collectips
when laid out to dry, and carrying ID
and bright cotton handkerchief oth,
The sense of beauty naturally aprs
the rudest and most elementary d.
such uncouth robbers as the kites d
far cleverer crows, ravens, magma
jays it is a marked and hereditary d
From the jackdaw of Rheims tolA
raven at the Tower of London, whus1|
a unique and valuable collection
bottom of one of the venerable cauBs
side the barbican, there can hardI
existed a tame member Of the trik 4
has not at times asserted Its own y
share in the enjoyment Of what
member to have seen described ii
pompous advertisement Of moin
furnisher as 'those products Of tie
arts which contribute to the digaV \
refinement of domestic life.
They have a wide and catholic I'D
feeling for what may contribute 3
happiness in this way, and do not
distinguish between what Is beautiful
what is merely curious
WHAT A MAGPIE sToLK
At the same time they do oiten
guish and keep apart what they cold
steal for food, and their art scl1
which are hidden separately, are ff
carefully concealed. The writer An
this in the case of tame jays and JED
aud has known it practiced BY aHTa
a magpie.
The latter always hid the cruss =
pecially the small squares Of toaa
ready for soup, which he stole or haa
him in the kitchen, between the Aa
household linen in the dryingr0en
large house in Northumberland ~
collections were buried in the sfl'
disused clubhouse. The loss Of seyeia
cups and saucers out of a bright
set belonging to the children led @'s
covery of this hoard, as the bird "
to enter the shed, and was tnen
pulling away the straw which COVE
china.
So far we have traced the deyelop1
this sense of beauty from the kl.e'
merely pick up and carry 70 tnsl
what they consider to be pretty sls
esting, to the crow tribe, Wnlra
separate hiding place for keeping
joying their treasures.
The conscious search for and appl
of ornament to the decoration o. y
of the nest, even at the risk o. y
and discovery through the grailI
their feeling for beauty, Is iu
most remarkable evidence OF inc
which they derive from that SEM
of the strongest impulses OF lns
bird is to subordinate the colo. a%
of the outside of the nest to inc Y.
natural surroundings. ana wv
strong and tempting bias 70 tne.S
of a contrary instinct could ~" 4,
their natural solicitude for tne
their young. 80,
TWO REMARKABLE NsrAM
Yet two undoubted instances
dition of ornament by English 1J
outside of a nest have come =
writer's notice, where its use -
tailed some danger from the wv "
first was the nest of chiil-cssl
a plantation near Rosamonos
The Isis, near Godstow 1--WE
nest of the usual kind, mane o ~
less grass, with an entrance y ,a a
But on the outside and atVu
trance to the chamber were s'a' n
of the brilliant blue feathers + .ht
fisher. The position Of these W., s.t n
of color on the outside OF tne ., mn a
evidence that beauty, not n~
object of their insertion. i. I'D
The other case was the nes.v .n '~s 4.
which was built on high ols s"us
amore, near the window o. .,bsIi'
mouth, in Devonshire. Wn sa.,s-o.
the nest was completed the D. ~ "a
er, one bird, for the other wa y, M.
employed in building-brousgas'. n d
of the blue forget-me-no's .,sy u
garden, and so adjusted tne ' sp,1 4 D
flowers hung all round tne Wy
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