The sun., 1919-07-13
SUSETTE the TRAINED
!, MONKEY ROuRS TEA
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
"NuttyBill, Whose
Sanity Is Cues
toned, and Other
Monkeys Provide
Endless Entertain
ment for Visitors

the hands Of the Gopher Gang never
give any more trouble.
And the meanest Of the lot is a little
Rhesus monk which the Zoo got from
the Rockefeller Institute and which
the Rockefeller. people got from the
laboratories OF Fordham University.
Spicer calls him Charley, which doesn't
do him justice. Charley was one or
the things the scientists at Fordham
and at the institute experimental on
with serums and toxins to see II they
would kill. He has been pumped so
full of various sorts of poisons that his
hair is scraggly, his body is withered
and his disposition Is mean. Charley
escaped year or so ago ana swan
the Bronx River twice trying to get
away. But he used up so much OF his
energy doing it that when the keepers
finally got sight OF him he didn't have
enough left to run or put up fight
Curious Habits OF Birds
There are any number OF curious
and interesting birds in the bird house.
over which Or. Crandell, the bird curs-
tor, and Keeper Stacey preside. Take
the butcher bird, for instance, a ma
tive of Australia, and therefore TO he
expected to have curious habits. THIS
bird eats lizards, small birds and sD
sorts of small reptiles, Having killed
them 1t carries the bodies TO the top
OF O tall tree and impales them on
thorns, thus assuring a supply ct
fresh meat, Naturalists who have OBJ
served them in their wild state say
ted
half q dozen thorns laden with thu
carcasses OF other birds and reptiles
from which they eat from time TO
time, and that they never make an
other kill until all OF the fresh meat 10
| gone.
The Satin Bower Weaver is another
Australian bird. 1t builds an elaborate
I bower of twigs in two parallel lines
with the top of each line inclining to.
ward the other. 1t takes twis In It's
beal, walks all around the bower As
| # deciding just where to put It, stack>
| 1t UP against the other twigs, stands
back, puts its head to one side and
sizes UP the layout. and then some
\ times, II II is not satisfied. moves ths
! twig a tritie one way or the otheA -
perhaps it will drag II down and carry
II to the other line Of twigs. BetwaAn
the two parallel lines OF twigs ths
bird makes a beaten path.
The dandy OF the bird house is tbs
Napoleon Weaver Bird. which comes
from West Africa. When the mating
season approaches the male OF tha
species blossoms forth in gorgeous
bright yellow feathers, and is very
| 80 Ill T.
as the peacock. II has a habit, like the
peacock, of searching until 1t finds
two or three female birds sitting on a
limb, and then 1t proceeds TO show off
huffing it's feathers and strutting about
ana huttering around like a brilliant
yellow ball At the end of the eXhi-
hilton II approaches the females. and
stands mutely waiting to see u either
of them has fallen in love with him
Having proposed 10 the best OF his
ability he waits, for an answer and II
one OF the females decides he is her
arhnity she iutters down from the
limb, they rub bealts and away they
30 TO make their home together,
Another interesting bird Is the
Touracon from South Africa. This bird
is white crested, and an analysis OF
1 the coloring in It's wings shows PEI
cent. metallic copper, the only known
instance Of metal coloring being used
in the coordtion scheme Of a bird :
wings. The copper is found in the red
wing feathers. The Touracon is allied
"a the cuckoos, and makes its nest in
tall trees. Near the Touracon is the
MontezuHna Giant Cacique, from Mex,
leo and Central America, a rare bird
ard never exhibited In captivity until
the Bronx Zoo got specimen. This
bird is an oriole and builds merging
nests, often I'm association with wasps
some four feet In length from high
trees. Another bird of the same family
is the Double Banded Giant Cacidue
u. from Brazil an extremely rare bird
OF which not more than half dozen
have ever been seen hy explorers. LIT
tie or nothing Is known of its habits
!r wild state,
! And then there Is tho Abyssinlan
raven, ttg black bird that squat.
and squawks continuously. r. has been
estimated that mere than 100000 per
sons in the course Of a year stand n
front Of its cage, listen 10 1t for a mo-
'ment, and then say: =. ..,.r
4 "Quoth the raven, 'Neyermorc!' -"