BIRDS THAT DECEIVE.
"'All birds are not so innocent as lliev would seem." says a naturalist. Take, for instance' the goose. Afosl people have heard a goose hiss when threatened br danger. "Well, that is a trick on the bird's part. In past ages, when (he mother goose was sitting on her nest among the reeds, she somehow learned that this action made her head and neck simulate a snake. So it formed a line defence. "The lapwing is another deceiver. If yo-i approach her nest, she will set. up a dismal on I cry. and run backward and forward, (railing one wing oil the ground, as though il were broken. Thinking I" pick her up, you follow, "thus she lures you awav from her "Hi" limes nf drought the llirush ads a lie. lie «il| heat lumn the ground uill, his daw- like a dancer, liv this he makes l".ic earthworms think il is reining. Kp I hey come, and llien Hie wily I brush dines luxuriantly."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 148, 13 June 1908, Page 4
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168BIRDS THAT DECEIVE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 148, 13 June 1908, Page 4
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