New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-26
MUSIC IN CENTRAL PARK.
THE CICADAE. PEACOCKs AND 7TH REGI
MENT BAND HEARD.
WELCOME RETURN OF THE ROBINS. FLYCATcfi-
ERs AND OTHER BIRDS WHICH AID

ERs AND OTHER BIRDS WHICH AID
IN DESTROYING PESTS.
The two noisiest denizens of Central Park just at
present are the cicadae and the peacocks Inc
former in the tropics like all sensible things that
live in that hot climate. take a well-earned sies'a
at midday But these insects that have traVeHeu
northward have from their environments picked up
the restless activity of the North American anu al
through the day The male cicada STIMULATES ana
STIMULATES 1ust to let Mrs Ccada know that ne ID
on hand His noisy telling OF his presence oileh
brings a much more unwelcomc visitor thah MS
scoldng spouse. The sand wasp mas aug hei "
and she wantr y lay up arder Tor 'he !ou'e
grubs that will hatch and represent her III 'ie o
ing year Nothing touches the culinary appeu'e
80 sardwssn crub ouIte as deicately as the
stridulating cicada: so the mother hunts ana
forages and the noisy insect Is shenceo anu "'"'
grave TO be used only provender 70 leeo "e"
cron ~ his greatest toe. present the cicadae
are particularly numerous. and so is the sand wasp
At any time after sunrise The WOODS III OeA'
port ara resonant with their strange call
Tho neacocks that are putting on their new
and splendid fall robes want al the world 10 Know
f. The cry of the peacock Is NOT musical ou' !.
"rets there all the same" Excepting 'he oeii p'iu
of Central America, there Is propaplF no o'iu '""'
has such n trumpet call as the peacock II Is COM
,ro,lv srnnosed that when peacocks make up their
minds 10 give vent to their discordant cries
rainstorm is near II this be true. the chorus OF
peacocks in Central Park yesterday iore'e'is
yeritable tornado. AS rule the Central farK pea
cock has deadly feud with the gray squirrels 'ha'
rob him OF his corn that is laid out on the ROCKS TOT
hin, IN feed on The squirrels had it all their own
way Yesterday as the peacocks gave up their time
TO a concert in sharp.
The robins are a welcome addition to the PARK
having come back from Canada and the Mortimer"
States and they dot every meadow in the Far"'
with them. too are nycatchers. greenlets hnches'
uarblers bobolinks and blackbirds. They nave
come back TO find feast here and they are ENJOY
ing H. II was a treat TO watch each bird hunting
for lust the grub he wanted see him ma H. soooe
n and know that each bird was helping TO preserve
our beautiful Park.
The cvgnets that during the early summer
,ronths found a home in the Round Pond in the
,nenarerie have for weeks found nome III
the Iadv's Pond. at Seventy-second-st and Eish'h-
a,e They are doing splendidly and are ALREADY
looking like what they will be. royal swans l"''
sable cousins the small West Australian swans
arc thriving in the Round Pond Of the menagerie
49,, ,hre ;s little doub; that the three cygnets Will
no raised the first OF their kind In this couhry'
A, nrescnt the fluffy little fellows give no promise
Of the sable plumage that makes this swan one oi
the handsomesi birds thai swims
4 valuable addition to the menagerie is the pair
If American bison placed there by Austin Coroin
rh hull which curious to state. has not entirely
sbad his winter coat. will probably be sent 10 M
Corb,n's estate in New -Hampshire. but the fena'e
will renoain in the menagerie and be mated with
the bull that has had homo for years IN the
menagerie ard is just now in his prime lie Is
had-tempered rascal but he is splendid specimen
OF an almost extinct race ,, . ~ ,rou,d
ON the NAL humanity that could not or Woui1 i
NOT rush down to the sea beaches, enjoyed al, uca
i'o ,,r Yesterday There could be seen all con
ditions of men, women and children ana IhS'e Tas
excellent music. Every seat was occupeu a Ioua
continuous line of people marched up ana G VoT
the biz promenade 1t was kindly New ork
rrov-5 II was polyglot. but ii enjoyed the music
~, tho I'm Regiment band waited out under the
tail Gins in their sptefuness dpoppss;dd n fhaf
natter Jim and Jane. Maria and tilacametlo
Jucs and Vergnie Heinrich and Iheka %erS e, T
bost .sdor Isaac AT the Casino. dispensed lemon.
M md soft stuffs The with the greatest
null could not get anything else