Freedom or Death.
It has been claimed by observers of birds (*-ays an English contemporary) that some of the feathered tribe will feed their young if they are caged, and if they fail after a certain time to release them, will bring them a poisoned weed to eat, that death may end their captivity. Last spring at a farmhouse, the children captured a neat; of three young thrushes, and they were immediately caged and hung in a tree. JL'he mother was soon about, calling her young, and in a little while brG4jjp& them some worms. She continued feeding them regularly for several dayd, without seeming io pay much attention to persons about. But shortly after thi3 came the tragic ending that demonstrated the theory relative to birds. She brought them a eprig of green one morning and disappeared. In less than an hour they all died. The sprig was examined and proved to be the deadly lark spur, a weed that will kill full-grown cattle. The little creatures lay dead in the cage, victims of their mother's stern resolve that her off-spring should die by her own act rather than live in captivity,
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Manawatu Herald, 6 February 1896, Page 3
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193Freedom or Death. Manawatu Herald, 6 February 1896, Page 3
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