Revenge of a Disappointed Sparrow.
A correspondent of Die Natua describes the following incident, which he himself Observed. On tho branch of a tree was a sparrow's nest, in which were some young sparrows, and not far off sat the mother. A male sparrow, coming along that way. wae attracted by her, and began to make advances, which wore steadily rejected. By-and-by he rested on a neighbouring branch, and the mother flew away in "search of food for her young. No soonet had she departed than the disap pointed suitor pounced down upon the nest, caught one of the young sparrows in his bill, went off with it a little way, and then dropped it, apparently rejoicing in its death.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 95, 25 April 1891, Page 3 (Supplement)
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120Revenge of a Disappointed Sparrow. Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 95, 25 April 1891, Page 3 (Supplement)
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