BIRD PROBLEMS 



DO BIRDS TRANSPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THE 



AIR? 



GHOSTS have become almost extinct, and legend 

 after legend is ruthlessly demolished. The realism 

 of life every day stands out more starkly, and 

 mysticism fades farther and farther into the past. 

 Myths are so rare that they have long ago been 

 embalmed in books, and inquisitive science with its 

 nasty long names has poked its nose into everything. 

 A good many pleasant things have faded at its touch, 

 and revolutions seem to follow in its steps. For 

 every myth or legend it enhances, it demolishes a 

 dozen; but there is a pretty thought about birds 

 around which it has recently thrown a new interest. 

 We have all of us heard that bit of legendary lore 

 about the tiny wren and how he became king. In a 

 grand assembly of all the birds of the air it was 

 determined that the sovereignty of the feathered 

 tribe should be conferred upon the one which should 

 fly highest. The favourite was the eagle, who at 



once commenced his upward flight. When he had 



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