of 



tion was attracted by the wailing of her mate 

 when he found her lifeless body. His grief was 

 most pitiful; among wild birds and animals I 

 have never seen anything so pathetic. Almost 

 humanly he stared at his mate; he fondled her 

 and tried to coax her back to life, at times al- 

 most pleading and wailing. When I carried her 

 off for burial he sat moveless and dazed. The 

 following day I searched the grove, whistling 

 and calling, but I never saw him again. 



