The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-12-16

spAke nrypr Den together but the vcny
D nous suske u dea iiy afraid ot q nra.vep,
maus reptile, and uil tuu from Il upou
: aI OCCASIONS, even II Is potbius bat tbs
% il Ole striped sbltst or ullk tBsko Ihess
sEases slsays slye hsttly lo the venomou'
kfui, hot tbe latter vlll beysf usht ubles'
they ate c0tuofed, nud then, conditions
being snywurto efeo, The victory, nioty
uluo times cut Of hundred, hes ~ilh the
uau.yeaomeas snake.
/ b,ve also uoliced that the rsttlesnak e
never seguds bis rattle 10 etya warning q
hls presence except Nheu hc is lfing oll
ttking sftst, aud dors not Want to be die
tutbed. He ~ l2y, sud although he vii
70 Il lies Cut Of q straight course TO avoid
meeting blscksnake, when ha is snuuius
himself be don1 want ta be dis utbsd. go
be soutds his rattle to keep III lutruders.
morely hecsuse be ls too l,z7 and shiless
to change his position. When he wants
70 strike bis isngs into anything be never
hFIlhks hiN lH'NiNt Hhb Nuht tNtf ~ ulNlhu
is done so With ont any warning, He is
foxy and never betrays his pre- caoe wnen
he bites.
SIme Of the most instructive things you
see 10 The woods ste the queer tfslts OF
birds The es5Ie, for Instance, ntyeT
mates hut once, II the male dies the
widowed bird remains 40 dnrlng life. Ia
the case Of the male bird 1t Is the same.
The eagle slvaYs huilda its nest Of stioks
ia dead tree or ou some high crag OF
rocks, so It can sweep the audscspe Tor
miles with is terrible eye Il Is not at
rh hscrIonste bird to its young aud as soon
rs the glets are ieathtred ont II pushes .
them out Of the nest aud of the rock com /
pelhng them to fly, They are then lett 10 .
sbilt Tor themselves or die Of tatvstion. /
Il only takes yonng about half sn hour
to arm to fly almost As well as the old
BIRDS.
Did yon ever ar Of iny one liodiog an
ow & nest2 No, Well, owls don't build
mes g. No owl since crea ion ever built q
rest in which II hatched its own young.
The owl lsys oJly two eggs, almost ss
large as q hens egg, and these It lays IN q
hawks nest, squlrr lis hole, or any plsoe
where there ls heat Th y have even
been known to lay them in hens meet
Often the young owls are hatohod ont by
Other blrds, and reared by them until they
are big enough to care for themselves
The owl has strange stomach. When
1t eats It's prey, generally smaller birds,
field mice, moles, and rats, It swslows its
food. fur, hu, and feather aud then sits
sleepiy on limb or 10 some dark corner
Of a cave or building and let's the work OF
digestion proceed As digestlon proceeds
the hair, fur, feathers, bones, end fns, or
Whatever the owls meal might have been,
are separated from the other parts Of the
food aud raised into its throat like . COVE
cud, aud thrywn ont Of its mouth.
Oher birds, on the contrary, pluck and
skin their prry with the skill OF taIider
mist, The hawk, for instance, will pluck
every feather from a chicken, and it will
skin rabbit or rat TO a nicely, aud re
move the bones as skiIiully rs surgeon.
Have you ever noticed q high holder or
a big red-headed wood-pecker run mp q
tree2 Wen, be is very epry about running
mp, but he cannot climb down. When he
want, to begin at the bottom again he's
got to run up to the limbs and fly down }
to the ground.
Many birds Of the woods live entirely '
on fish, The loon is one Of these bnt the =
man who saw loon eat don't live. The i
loon dives and catches Fl ,b, but swallows
them SO quickly that they are 10 bis stom
iGh before be comes to the top Of the
water, Then he goes into the reeds and :
.qnaIls for more, The kiDphsher also
ives on fish, bnt he only catches those
which ewim near the top OF the water.
Perched on a dead limb near the edge OF g
AXE, he sights perch or some other v
mail 6sh swimming near the surface,
when be Il Jps down into the water and VI
aches HIS prey crosswsys Of his beak. ~
ie retlres then TO bis perch to ENJOY bie y
neal. rarely eatiOg the head The crane VI
nd oil other wsdl0g tifds, however, q
'opt other methods Of A5biug. They y
wade out l8tO the water aud stand on one u
" el'h their head sideways aud o0e eye
n he water. Suddenly You will see "
hen make q I,b down into the water !
'llh their long, bsyOnet like b ak, aud
Ip It comes with a squirming fish OF
tog, not 10 The besk, bnt impsled bT u.
ben they fly OF to their perch and, haV
nR ushed the Gsh or reptile Of their VI
esk With their foot, they proceed to bolt e'
down, and they are ready for smother
ry, u
The tame cat is prOyetb.al Tor ito liking Ia
or hsn, sud have learned 10 the woods gt
bat every kud Of wood ost is iust MS cc
T q Tor hsh W the tame house cat 30
Vben you hear a wild Get scresm along 10
ody Of water you may know he is fishing. 10
hey always fish al night when the Gsh pr
ONE along shore TO catch bugs and gnsts vi
uses BIS psw, aad ~ Il IA ever escapes rs
nose terrible batbet claws, which he 90
nix iato them with the fspIdity Of Ii
ghthiog. II the wood cats can catch tb
lelty Of feb they will mover stand for "
um4n being Or larger sbimsl. II is ouly so
hen they sre hmished With hunger or sll
oui d Fl thst they viii hos fight When ~
atnrst Ioed Is plenty they sill always
10 uneo chssed by dog. on course io