DO BIRDS DIE OF FRIGHT ?
I would like to know (says » writer in an an English paper) whether it is at all common for cage-birds—such as canaries, goldfinches, etc.—to die suddenly of fright through the agency of a thunderstorm. A lady residing in West Surrey writes to me that she had a hen canary sitting on five eggs, her mate being a goldfinch. A violent storm of thunder and lightning came on in tbe night, which frightened her a good deal. The next day she seemed to be quite ill, although remaining on her eggs; but early next morning (he was found dead in her nest. The goldfinch became quite disconsolate, and remains so still. Another hen canary bad been obtained for him, but he takes not the least notice of her, and ignores her existence. It ic not uncommon for poultry to be killed instantly by a flash of lightning ([ hare known myself young chickens and ducks to be destroyed), but 1 was not aware that small pet birds in the house would die of fright from thunder.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6474, 26 November 1881, Page 6
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179DO BIRDS DIE OF FRIGHT ? Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6474, 26 November 1881, Page 6
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