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(Prepared b the National ueosraphle
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WHAT animal U the greatest
travelerl
Net asm lo spite of bit
railroads and automobiles, his
hips and airplanes. The myriads of
birds that each spring and autumn
fly north and south. In some cases for
vast distances, undoubtedly still bold
first place.
Man's Interest In birds began In
those far-distant primitive days when
an Intimate knowledge of all the wild
life about him was often his only safe
guard against starvation. Long be
fore the dawn of history the mystery
In the great northerly and southerly
movements each spring and autumn
of rart numbers of birds of many
kinds keenly Interested him and stim
ulated his Imagination. Fantastic
theories were built up to account for
them and entered Into myths and folk
lore, where some still survive, even In
civilized countries.
It has long been known that some
of the smaller birds that breed In the
North appear In middle latitudes on
their return In July. The number of
these little voyagers Increases In Au
gust and the movement Is In full tide
In September. The hosts of wild fowl
linger mainly nntll October and No
vember, when the frosts of approach
ing winter to the North send them
?on.thward.
I The multitude of warblers that went
Northward In spring so gaily bedecked
In all the bravery of their nuptial
colors come trooping back with their
young, all clad In sober hues more
fitting their present prosaic task of
making a living off the country, and
laying In a goodly supply of fat to
help meet any privations winter may
bold In store In the warm Southern
lands they seek.
Bring Joy to ths Far North.
In far Northern lands where nntotd
millions of ducks and geese and other
wild fowl go to rear their young, the
advent, during the last of April or
early In May, of the first of these
birds Is the cause of exultant Joy to
the people. Contentment fills their
hearts, for the coming of the birds
marts the end of the long, cold period
of scarcity and the beginning of that
part of the year In which food is
again plentiful.
In the old days fur traders in Can
ada and Allies rewarded with to
bacco the Indian or Eskimo who saw
the first goose winging Its way over
head In spring. White men Joined
with the natives In the Jubilant wel
come to the newcomer.
The bird life of the Cnlted Stntes
Is believed to total more than four
billion Individual. This meant that
many hundred millions of migrants
move North and South with the
changing seasons. Though many gn
by dny and may be seen by all who
take the trouble to observe, vast num
bers also pass by night
During the height of the spring ml
gratlon. those whose ears are attuned
"to nature's voices may hear mysteri
ous notes overhead, many of which
way be recognised. They mark the
course of winged travelers exulting
In springtime vigor and approaching,
nuptials In the haunt which they seek
townrd the top of the world. Tele
scopes held on the moon at that time
ofteri reveal their silhouettes at Ihey
'cross Its fuce.
In autumn the throng moves South
ward over a longer period, and the
traveler wear the soberer giirb of
everyday life.
Though It has been pliiln thnt mi
grating species. In general, move North
and Smith the movement of some
covering nearly or quite the entire
length of the continent yet only
vague Information on the subject hns
been aviiilntile, since It whs Impossible
to determine the movement of inill
vldunls. Through bird banding a
method Is now developed that .will not
only tell us where Individual bird
wander, but will enable us to trace
their route nnd determine the exact
areas where they go In the North to
rear their young fir In the South to
winter
Wsnder Fat FrmJ Home.
We may uIho leara VJlilcthlna con
cerning the strange, sMirallc occur
rence of bird In purls of the world
far ill-tant from thcTr homes. Such
wandering Individuals are probably
much more numerous than we su
pert. This I Indicated by the re
pealed occurrence of robin, bono
Bald Eagle.
links, and other American birds In
England, and even on Helgoland, that
Insignificant Island In the North aea
where so many visitors from distant
regions have been found. St Paul
island, the largest of the small Prib
llof Islands. In Bering sea, appears to
be another landing place for lost birds.
Judging from the number of straggler
from eastern Asia and the Alaskan
mainland that have been found there.
Systematic marking of birds, each
properly recorded for the purpose of
studying movement and habit, has
developed in Europe and the I'nited
States within the past 30 year. The
greatest advance bas been since 19ai
and It Is now becoming a well-recognized
line of research.
Investigators familiar with the bird
life of their districts capture the birds,
alive and unharmed, with many In
genious traps, and place a numbered
aluminum band or ring on the leg of
each. Each band bears a central ad
dress, so that whenever the bird it
retaken, alive or dead, the finder may
forward either the band or the num
ber of It
The use of bird as messengers by
man began In the dim past Perhaps
the earliest record I that of Noah,
who I said to have sent out the Raven
and the Dove to prospect for land.
The first record of birds being
marked to distinguish them after
flight appears to be In the tenth book
of Pliny" Natural History, which
states that a Roman sportsman took
swallows from Volaterrae (Volterra).
In Tuscany, to Rome. During the
chariot races the birds were marked
with colort of the winner and then
liberated to carry the news back home.
For a time prior to the development
of systematic banding, students de
sirous of lifting the veil of mystery
surrounding bird movements cut the
feathers so they could readily be
Identified. Sometimes they marked
the birds with bright colors, or at
tached a small piece of parchment
with a legend to a feather or to a
leg. These crude and scattered efforts
gave little Information.
The first record of a bird banded ap
pears to have been made In 1710. A
great gray heron, bearing several
rings on one leg, wa taken In Ger
many. One of the ring apparently
had been placed on It In Turkey.
Banding and Recording.
In 1 Prot C. C Mortensen. a
school teacher of Vlborg. Denmark,
began systematically to band and re
cord storks, starlings, and other birds
along the general lines which sre still
In use. Thus be became the pioneer
In practical, scientific method of bird
banding, and hi uccess led to the
work being taken up In various place,
especially In Oreat Ilrltaln, Sweden,
elsewhere In Europe, and also In the
United State.
The two record of birds banded In
Europe being taken on this side of the
Atlantic appear to be both ef Klttl
wake gulls. The first wa a young
bird banded June 28, 1023. on thil
fame Island, off the coast of Nor
thumberland. On August 12. 11124, It
wa killed In the District of St. Burbe,
Newfoundland. The econd wa also
banded on the Fame Islands, June 80.
V.K.A, and wa taken at Gross Water
Bay, Labrador. In October, 1923.
No bird bunded on this side bos yet
been taken In Europe, although ninny
stray American birds have been re
corded there. One banded American
bird, however, has been recovered in
Africa.
In the United States, Audubon made
the flrM record of bird marking about
113, while he wa living on Perklo-
men creek, near Philadelphia. He
placed silver cords almiit the legs of
a brood of plioelies, two of which re'
turned to the same neighborhood the
following year.
The pioneer In systematic bird
bunding In this country were, tlrst. nr
Leon J. Cole, and later Mr. Howard
II. Cleaves, Their enthusiasm enabled
them to keep bird banding In con I In
nous operation from the beginning of
the century to the time when the work
was taken over by the biological sur
vey In 11120.
One demonstration of the keen In
terest In bird banding has been the
formation of four regional bird band
ing associations, among which has
been divided all of the territory In
North America north of Mexico, They
have secretaries lo keep In touch wit It
l ho members uud (o promote their
activities.
FLASH
The Lead Dog
George Marsh
THE PENN PUBUSHINO CO.
W.N.U. SERVICE
8YNOP8I8
Up the wild waters of ths un
known Yellow-Leg, on a winter's
hunt, journey Brock McCain and
Oaspard Leorolx, his French-Cree
comrade, with riash, Brock's
puppy and their dot team. Brock's
father had warned him of th
danger of his trip. Attar several
battles with tha stormy watara
they arrlva at a fork In tha Tallow-Lag.
Brock Is savarely In.
lursd In making portage and
Klaeh leada Gaapard lo tha un
conacloua youth. Tba trappara
raca dasparataly to raach thalr
destlnstlon before wlntar aala In.
Flash angagaa tn a desperate
tight with a wolt and at 1 1 Is him,
(iaspard telle Brock of hla de
termination to find out who killed
his father. Tracks are discovered
and the two boys separata for
ecoutlng purposes. Urock la
tumped by two Indiana and a
white man and knocked unron
ecloua. He Is held prisoner. Gas
pard rescues him while hla cap
tora eleep. Gaipard believes thee
men killed his father and la pre
vented from killing them br
Brock. While out alone Gaepaid
la ahot from ambush by an In
dian and kills hla would-be alayer.
While out on his trap lines Brock
la caught In a heavy anow aturm.
II Is loat and hla tood glvea out.
His hopes are ralaed when ha
discovers a moose trail
CHAPTER VIII Continued
14
For an Instant he paused, In doubt
lie would rest his gun against a tree
If be could bad time. But suppose
Flasb lunged as he fired? It might
be safer to lash blm here. No, be did
not dare. Ills band shook like a leaf
he would only wound the moose
would need Flash.
So, weak wltb famine and excite
Oient Brock went on on Into the
thick timber, nerve strung like bow
string, straining uncertain eyes for
the vision of a huge shape In the snow.
Then, dilating his nostrils In deep
sniffs of the air, Flash suddenly went
mad.
Falling on the trembling husky,
Brock seized bis nose. "Shut up.
Flash J be gasped In desperation.
Steady, boy I Shut uyl .
But the starved dog trembled where
be crouched, wild to charge tbe beast
whose scent was strong lo bis oostrlla
Wltb stiff fingers, Brock knotted the
leash to a sapling, and left bis dog, to
make tho stalk.
He had moved by a few yards when
suddenly be saw a patcb of black dim
ly between tht dark green of two
young spruce trees. Life bung on the
pitiful bands which raised bis rifle to
hla shoulder. Bis eyes blurred as the
bead wavered past the open rear
sight Again he looked for bit target
Tbe black patcb waa gone,
Wltb a groan the boy reeled, bis
fevered eyes peering desperately Into
the timber already blue wltb shadow.
Then, to his flank, be taw a shape
floundering In snow to Its shoulders.
It was the last chancel
Crouching, with elbow on knee.
Brock fired.
As the rifle shattered the silence, a
great gray and white shape, sinking to
the shoulders at every leap, plunged
past
Flash T
Wltb all the strength he could
ummon, Brock ran. He had missed
hardly seen his sights! "One more
hot only one shot" he sobbed, as
he thudled sfler tht dog, who bad
oopped his leasb.
Brock reached tbe trail of the moose
where the dog bad Joined It Not a
drop of blood oo the snow I Ue bad
missed.
Ahead, Flush yelped, hard In pur
suit of the fleeing beast But the long
leg of the moose would out distance
the dog In the deep snow. It wa ill
over I They had lost I It was tht
end I
Panting In hit weakness. Brock
stumbled forward over the broken
trail left by moose and dog. Then,
of a sudden, the yelps of the busky
changed to roars of rage.
Flush had caught hlmt
Clutching bis rifle the boy kept on.
Imping, still hoping for one last shot.
He broke through the thicket to gnsp
In amazement Hearing In the anow, a
young bull, hi horn (llll In the spike,
lushed with his great forefeet at the
log who leaped around tt I in. Hair
stiff, eyes bloodshot bis .breath et
ciiplng from dilated nostrils like the
exlmuet of an engine, with hit slinrp
hoofs the bull flayed the air a the
dog lunged In and out. And then, o
the desperate beast tried to rise on hi
bind legs und fell back helpless, Brock
saw.
"Hamstrung I Flash, boy, you've
saved us with your teeth!"
Mercifully Brock ended the fight
with t bullet through the beast's
brain. A the animal fell, hlncknes
elnred on the vision of Hie exhausted
bov. nnd he fainted.
The ttiirvlng husky, mad with the
taste of blond, tore savagely at the
throat of the moose, then at the tight
of the crumpled figure of Brock, ran
lo him with a whine. Slowly the bit
ing air revived the youth whose ilea
pernte exertion had supped the Inst
ounce of bla stamina. He got to hit
feet while the dog went buck to his
red meat
'My old Flush pup!" said Brock.
caressing the husky. "Hamstrung
him you did, old pull Bless your
bones I"
Hut the dusk was close and there
was no time to lose. Leading the re
luctant dog from his quarry, Brock,
delirious with Joy at his luck, went
back for the tied. And there, In the
swamp, within easy reach of the meal
which would thicken hla blood and
give him back hla ttreiigib while be
rested, he built a Ore and made camp.
But Brock was wise, and sitting by
his fire with the gorged Flush, he
drank, at Intervals, a small cup only,
of the broth from the simmering pot
of moose broth. Full well be knuw
the danger of filling a starved and
weakened stomach, and that night
craving It though he did he touched
no meat
"We'll see home, now Hungry
House and the family. And old (Jus
pard. what'll he think has become ol
us, Flash 1" be rumbled on In his Joy.
to the dog at his side. "Bui we're
lost we've got to find the river, old
pal We'll cump right here, fvedln'
on that bull, 'til Brock gets his legs
buck, then we'll take a hundred pounds
of meat and circle northwest whstt"
Then the boy leaned and burled bis
hooded face In the gray mane of the
dog who grunled wltb contentment at
his side.
For days Brock camped beside the
frozen moose qieat, while bis strength
returned. At bit endurance Increased
he climbed the nearest ridges to search
tbe horizon fur a familiar landmark.
"HimStrung! Flash. Boy, Vou'vt
Saved Ut With Your Teeth!"
but to bit bewilderment and chagrin,
found none. In tiie end, be wat forced
to the realization that. Instead of be
ing toutb of the headwater lakes and
the river valley, he must have worked
lo the west In the (wo days' blizzard.
Taking a hundred pounds of meat a
neavy load for the husky traveling
across country, Brock turned south
east In the hollow of bis arm be car
ried bis uncased rifle, for be was now
sure be wat well beyond the big lake,
In the enemy's country. Constantly,
as be traveled, he watched bis flanks
and back trail, for the memory of bit
capture was still vivid.
Brock camped that night In a coun
try Mill unfamiliar, but (he nezl day
at noon, from a barren hill, he sighted.
far to the eust, the well-known ridges
circling tbe great lake. As the short
day waned and he looked for a camp
ground, suddenly be came lo a dead
stop.
Cocking his rifle, the boy knell be
side his curious dog. as hla roving
eyes covered the spruce and Jack pine
timber surrounding him. In a search
Ing Inspection. A tnowthoe trait I
How old? he wondered.
Hearing, seeing nothing, tfter a
(pace Brock walked to the trucks to
the snow and pent to study them.
"By the great homed owl. Flush!"
he said tn the dog shilling at the trail,
"It's Oaapnrd I"
The familiar thnpe of the shoes,
which Ruspnrd had himself made, and
a splice In tha webbing, Ideutlfled
them.
"Now what It he after, I wonder r
said the curious boy, aloud, "lie's
given me up as wiped out, I'll bet d
has gone on a man hunt."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
De)'.MC Dance Notct
Like Sheet Music
Twenty year of experiment on the
part cf the leader of (lie foremost
German school of rythm'c dancing, Ru
dolph von Lnbnn, hnve resulted in a
new standard "choreography" which Is
receiving attention from llerllii't critics
of music nnd dancing.
It Is claimed for llils system of
dancing notation that all formt of
movement can bo read a easily a a
sheet of music, after a few hours'
study. The five purallel line upon
which the sign tire printed resemble
those of a mimical score. But dashes
and curves, tirrow nnd dols, take the
place of ordinary notes. London Ob
server.
Unfortunately Not
Ton cuni choose your Mends for
llielr tasle In Interior decorating or
refuse to go fn Aunt Lydla' because
her living room makes you feel Inslg-
nillcimi, woman s Home Companion
Husband Made Butt
of Flippant Joker
Judge Hen 11. Llndsey, champion of
companionate marriage, eugenic and
such-like advanced movements, said
at o luncheon In Denver:
"There's a flippant class of people
who try to make the role ot husband
a ridiculous and Impossible one.
"liven Hudson, the great nature
writer, take whack at husbands
In his 'Purple Land.' Hudson says,
you know, 'She did not love the youth,
for she was married, and how can a
married woman ever love any one but
her husband J'
"People will sometimes say of a
man, 'He? Oh, be Is a born husband.'
It's the most Insulting thing they can
think up.
"Wagner wat once rehearsing an
orchestra In the love music of Tristan
and Isolde.' The lack of passion and
fire In the performance displeased
him, and he rapped with bit baton for
silence. Then he said!
1 'Come, come, gentlemen, this won't
do. You're all playing like husbands
Instead of lovers.'" Detroit Free
Press.
A Burglar's Double
Eleven years ago an Atlantic City
man was arrested mistakenly for How
ard II. France, a notorious burglar.
Police apologized and explained to
the man ha wat an exact double of
France. Since then the tame man bat
been arrested nine more tlmea for the
as me burglar. After the third arrest
tha victim of this mistaken Identity
demanded a letter from police which
they Issued, atntlng : "This man It not
Howard II. France." He now carries
this letter wherever he goes. Cap
per's Weekly.
"TI1EN IT XJOOK. DARC to any
w e a a, nervous
or ailing woman.
Dr. Pksrce't fa
vorite Prescrip
tion tomes to
her aid. Womeo
in every walk ot
life today say
Dr. Pktrce't Fa
vorite Prescrip
tion It a reliable
medicine. It It
made from roott and herb, told by
drugghta, la both fluid and tablets.
Mia, Rrwa tlmpana. 511 a, M Am. a
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my pteiei oVmefct ! kite a dWuna,
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My anther had takes Dn rime's leralte
rreantytkai wkra aha waa a ettt and k bene
tied her as null thai aha tax N a an and
iter uklng M aerdlrlae I grew well and
strong and dieelnntd I
Rend 10c for trial pkf. tablets to Dr.
Pierce s InvalMa Hotel. Buffalo, N. T.
Keeps Flab la Channel
To keep young aalmon from "de-
touring" and being lost In Irrigation
canalt and diversion ditches an en
gineer baa devised a way of creating
an electrified tone of water, which
actt at tn effective stop sign for the
tlsb and turns them back to the main
route.
T'se Bust Ball Bine tn your laundry.
Tiny rust spots may come from Infe
rior Bluing. Ask Grocers. Adr.
Super Economy
A Scotchman wat leaving on a busi
ness trip and be called back at be
wat leaving:
"Good by, til, and dlnna forget to
tak' little Dunal't glasses off when t
Isn't looking at anything."
The Raggee! Edge
The Critic ItlmeJInx la bringing
out his works In style. Have you
seen (he new deckle-edged edition of
tils poems?
The Observer No, but I notice he's
still wearing tbe old edition of his
deckle-edged pant.
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Triplets af Uaiveriity
For the first lime since the founding;
of the I'nhersliy of Michigan at Ann
ArlHir, In 1N3T, a set of triplets Is)
among the graduates. They are mem
bers of the (iuffey family, of McKees
port Pt. Lawrey, Wllllato and J a meg
were born April SI, 1!tt. They plan
to enter medical school gn! practice)
together al the completion of their
Course. Their father It a physician.
Farmers te Use Planes
Many owners of large farina In
South Africa are considering the us
of airplanes for trips to tbe city.
Farms In that country are enormous
In size, as a rule, and planes could also
be employed In making trips of In
spection. Vsrds are so large that
there It ample space for landing at
tli owner't front door.
-I I s All Creek te Me"
Teacher What are the three Im
portant Greek orders!
Pupil Cup skoffey, ros biff tan
wltcb and pent coconuts pie.
Life la abort, but men never oulllvt)
their good resolutions.
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