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ANIMAL CURIOSITIES 
fullest extent in order to receive the grateful 
warmth upon them, while at other times they 
will he down on the ground with one wing spread 
out and held aloft in such a manner as to 
expose the under surface to the sun. The 
hornbills will often repose upon the ground 
with their heads turned sideways as if they 
were endeavouring to get their faces sun¬ 
burnt, and the writer has even known a tawny 
or brown-owl so far to forget its reputation 
for being a bird of the night as to sit upon the 
ground at midday, and spread out its wings 
to greet the sunshine. 
Our domestic cattle are very fond of stand¬ 
ing in water on a hot day, the act of immersing 
their extremities in cool water while their 
bodies are exposed to the heat from the sun 
appearing to afford them much satisfaction; 
but the Indian buffalo does not believe in this 
half-and-half measure for, when feeling too 
hot, it submerges its body beneath the waters 
of a stream, and remains there with only its 
head above the surface until it is sufficiently 
refreshed. At other times it will wallow in 
the mud without any consideration for its 
subsequent appearance. 
That a hot and sunny day is conducive to 
laziness is no less true in regard to the lower 
creatures than to mankind. The monkeys 
