Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-14

yhR Summer Widower-Ihe joyous
herald Of vacation time is the sum
nar WidoWer, and on these warm,
halmy nights nothing is more in
1ructive to the earnest student OF
natural history than to wander among
ahe papier-mache roses Of the root
gardens and Warch .rs gay antics and
listen to its merry roundelay.
At=its coming al nature appears to
xmHe. anu life moves to qaickstep-
for 0hjfa the advent of one swallow
aaaS aaf mabe spflns one Summer
Il .dz.az = me unfatlng harhinger
n a Hofa az. tine.
Tafz bird Is Indigenous to the
.az 7fa6 :. although tras GERS tell
eae aaz.ahal5E one breaks loose
% .Hg.sa4 aaa tt4at . ezeatlFe great
- resaa4....a4 n a6i= =is=called the
husband. a5WisEes the year round
IL Pa Is.
1resaz However. arc no. thorough
a.z is. sad should NOT be eoafoanaed
raa taa genuine American species,
pazaa : found n IFS perfection only
aar large cities, for it IS shy
std and shuns the county. where
gss5qt5 see it too much,
zre origin Of the ummef WidoWer
comparatively recent there being
zo lad;eation that our grandparents
xz-a familiar with this gay songster.
Z 4as. apparently hatched by op-
ysstanitg. and this has led to the IN
ferfs ing eonundrum being propound-
.ed Of which came fl ST. the Gadding
EFfe or the Summer N'idoWer?
Unfortunately. science has been un-
abEe to settle this question, .sat it is
Rep ed tnat those earnest students Of
aru5tr, the women's clubs, will take
a ap and investigate it in the near
future
Much difference of opinion has
Arisen among ornjthologist= in regard
20 properly classifying this bird. Su-
DeHtdsg K>rye>a noting that it
reuaa in ed in The hot and arid city dur
ng the. dog days, while its mate was
enjoying the salubrious breezes OF
mountain or sea, have contended that
II belonged to the tame domestic
harnyard fowls who spend their en-
tira time scratching for their famil-
jas {genus Americans husbandis9
THIS classification is founded on in
suffi eient knowledge of the subject,
sr wider study Of it shows that the
Qmgner WidOwer is one Of the swift
ess hlfus out, and that you can't lose
il fgenus Rounderist)
- appearance it is a delight to the
rye rf well as JOY to the ear It
is g,eat on razzle-dazzle clothes and
F5o panama hats, but its chief dis
3inct ion is its blithe and happy ex-
g.ey9 e5n. as Of one wLO has gotten a
ehYee months reprieve Of the domes-
&c sentence.
Attention should be called in this
connection to the curious power of
s.ansiorsa&tion possessed by this
B5fd. 3y means Of which in a few
1tzustta it can change from a hen
perkea fowl into a growing cock of
lhe N4'k
ReaaAIe ofnithol8gists who have
vatc he'd it at the ocean line piers de-
slas4 that frequently a rooster will
fcaa into these places accompanied
ny is brood, looking as mild aud
harmless as dove, but no sooner
does i load lis Old hen and=chIcks on
TIC teaja or boat than lit Jams its
Panama over rs left eye With a wick
a sake and Tapping its wings. SHUTS
aHt % see the town
TIE habits Of the summer Widow
e are extremely interesting, although
little that IS authentic has been writ
3en heretofore about it, as it shuns
observation.
The best place 10 study il, as has
seen sad, IS al the roof garden, ant
ffum the knowledge thus gained nc
earn that it has thirst that dates
haes 10 last summer, and that It has
penchant for pretty chorus girls anc