Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-11
troops ut Rest Camp In England
Meet Celebrated Ornith-
ologist.
LEARN WHY HEN CACKLEs
Edward Hart, Of Cl,ristchurch, HamI-
shire, Makes Doughboys Welcome
In His Famous Natural History
Museum"
ny nAYDoN CHURCH.

Billy Patterson.
why does Il hen cacklc after she has
iaid an ege?" This und no other Is tho
question before the house. Everybody
mo hho"s anything at all about barn
:aros KNOWS that the best evidence
nc oEs itself, is al the noise that the
ncn person makes about IL. And II
you asked 993 people out Of a 1000,
ven though they were farmers TO a
man. why Is the wcreforc OF all this
aocilcrous cachlinE, they would an
Swer. Pride. Triumph, Exultation."
iaea mat hen is proud to the bursting
point every time she completes process
mat is merely OF her regular routine
Z ana mat can conccivably give no more
sense or triumph than you feel when
you nave called somebody W. on the
phonc or takoa bath or gotten
puma that you DO regularly and with
out any special effort. You don't sing
,"p pure JOY or chortie with pride
every time you write a letter-unless
Of course. II happens to he particu-
:hriy fciicitous one addressed TO your
pest siri-so why on earth should
men cack!c and cluck for a quarter OF
an hour or more over very simple
ahd uninsp!rinG business Of having
!aid an cGC?
AT MERE "TIIRON-BACN
FROM SOME REMOTE AGE.
The fac, is that the to-do that she
makes isn't an expression of delight
or eradication at I'll. Then hen her
seit couldn't tell you why She ''cackics''
mus Justify. The truth being that this
IS what the cvoiution;sts call throw
BACK. namely an action which in the
remote pact hadsa definite object but
which, times having altered has be-
com. nauSht but an empty formality.
Why the hen cack!cs after she has
iaid an cgg and ii lot OF other interest
ing things about birds of different
KINDS were disclosed by one of the
most picturesque and famous OF British
"rnitholo6isis. Edward Hart. OF Christ
church. In hampshire who has lately
eecn discovered by the many Ameri-
can dougbboys who are now QuarterCd
IN rest ana conNaiescent camps in that
oeishtiu! county, and scores OF them
arc now among the visitors to his re-
now1ed Natural History Museum III
'AriotchuTch town. Mr.. Hart has been
studying British birds foT lif,y-cigh,
years, Che mounted his first group OF
stu1ed specimens when he was only
iwcive.) and he is one OF the greatest
anthoI!iiGs in Europe on their habits
him reariessly. and he marks hundreds
Of them in the course ola year with
!,tt,e silver rings which enable him
when they return from their animal mi
grafton. One pair Of "hycutcners," he
told party OF doughhoys in the pres
ence OF the writer came back thus for
seventeen years.
forget what started the orni,hoIo-
Slst on the mystery OF the hen and her
HER CACkLE WAS A
CALL TO SIR. ROOSTER.
in rs Wild state" he said. the hen
stood in fear of many birds and beasts
OF prey. Various animals attacked her
whilo she was liyins her eggs, track
Ing her by scent as "A dog tracks a
fox. So Mrs. Hen. when sho was about
70 lay an egs. said TO her huband. Mr..
seek quit, sheltered spot TO do SO in
peace. You must not come with me-
for that bright piumagc OF yours would
be sure to give away my hiding place.
] Will call 10 you when l an through"
This being understood" went on
Edward Hart, all Of whose causerlcs
are ph5ased QUANTITY. Mrs, Hen be.
took herself To i SPOT we'll screened
by venture: governing the distance in
couple OF flights. SO as TO leave no
rrail.' and there dropped her esq. This
Ittle excursion would take her some
distance from her lord so, when she
had completed her business. she cackcl-
I'd by way OF saying Here ] am! Hcre
] am" whereupon her proud and ar
fectionate spouse promptly rcjoined
her. Tradition persists in onimal life,
and that is why the barnyard hen OF
egg. The idea that sha docs SO GU, or
nonsense"
In his museum, this ornitholorist has
specimens OF every one of the 4i0 kinds
or birds and animals which arc to be
found Ill the surrounding district and
nc mas wonderiuiiy interesting things
sentsd. 1t is extraordinary. for ex-
ample to hear him tell how the lap
wing. when there has been a droueh hi
ana worms are scarce, taps with its
little foot on the ground in stimulation
OF raindrops. and how the worms, de-
ceived into thinking that "a shower IA.
begun, rise 10 the surface and speedily
fall a victim to the wiles of this bird
Wonderful! too, to hear that an owl
mother lays her eggs with such periods
q! time In between that tho young from
the first of them serve to hatch out
those that follow Still more surpris-
ing to learn from this master of his
subject what arrant Eluttons robins
these rationed times
ROBINS TAKE LARGE
AMOUNT Of WORM DIET.
"a robin eats twice and a quarter
Hart II all tho worms that it outs
away in the course Of -wcnty-four
hours were joined together, we should
have one seventeen feet long. II / ate.
portion to my size. it would DC enough
TO mako sausage twcnty-seven feet
lon a,a and I nine inches thick; And if
should require the hind quarter of
bullock for my breakfast
In one case in his museum, the
c.ary's Chickens as it is often cal
led. Did you ever happen TO wonder
why this bird, SO Intimately connected
with evil weather at sea, Is called BIZ
these names? Edward Hart can tell
YOU Both these names" says he.
"wcrc given the birds by superstitu,
tious sailors. The petrol Skins along
In tho wake of a ship with open wings
and outstretched legs, dipping its toes
in the waves and picking up it's rood
as it flies, 1t seems to have reminded
our sailors OF the Apostle Peter, who
itricd to walk on the sea and.for this
reason they named it the Stormy
Peter which,, has corrupted into
"Stormy Petrol" Its second name is
Just corruption of "k1adra cars" The
Spanish sailor, invoking by this namc
The aid Of the Virgin during storm,
fondly saw an answer to his prayers i'm
the appearance OF the Petrol as rne
storm abatcd. not knowing that tho
disturbance of tho water brings to the
surface much OF the oil upon which
those birds feed and which they gather
from the crest Of n wave or in a ship's
wakc."-Copyright, 1918.
Dcepwater Safe in Fort.
y (By Associated Press.1