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The Seaforth News, 1930-08-14, Page 3r. x. Australian Lyre Is Master Mimic .Shybird Imitates Cracking of Whip—and Buzz of Saw What is it that makes us all So fn-' terested in mimicry? When a child, mimics, his elders we are instantly amused, and even a poor imitation of a celebrity, so long as it makes the original in some degree reoognizezble, ;excites our smiles. Max Beerbohm .in one of :his essays 'expressed the opinion that' Mimicry Is a formof criticism," and it is barely possible, that. this implication may be one of the reasons why one person cleverly mimicking another has the same universal appeal as a good cart- •cature. Dr. Johnson once said to Boswell: '"To be a goodmimic requires great powers: great aouletess of observa- tion, great retention of what le ob :served, and great pliancy or organs to represent what ds observed." However, though I do=pay homage to many humans, who delight their. audiences by so accurately impereonat• ing others, and express my thor- ough appreciattou of their powers, truth compels me to state without equivocation that they are simply not it' when compared to' a friend of mine 'who, in my opinion, is the best mimic in the world. Lest I be accused of introducing an ungracious note of comparison, let me confess that my gifted "friend" hap pens to be a bird, known to ornitholo- gists as IVlonura Superba and to or- dinary folk as the superb lyre bird of New South' Wales. South Queensland and Victoria. Here '15one tribute to his prowess quoted by the famous Australian ern-, ithologiet, Alec H. Chisholm: difficult for this No sound is too d o bird. to reproduce. In the case of sweetly musical notes, it is an exact reproduction of the originals, while of those of a harsh nature it is highly re- fined imitation. The swish of a coach driver's whip and the sound of saw ancLax are perfect deceptions, and the gliding of one bird's notes into those of. another and the.renderina of two or more simultaneously are nothing ;short of marvelous. Hearing lyre bird -. one thing. See- ing them is another, but unfortunately the stupidity of mankind has caused him to become the shyest birds of all the Australian bush. It is recorded that when Captain :Cook and his, men first lauded in the Island Continent they were surround- ed by hundreds of these glorious crea- tures. Never having seen white men before the birds saw no reason for dis- trusting them. Alas for their coati- donee. The sailors ciubbed. them by the hundreds and pretty soon the curio markets of London were -flooded With the beautiful tails of these antipodean "wrens." However, to quote Mr. Chisholm once more: "In spite of all ghoulish decimation tor the sake of its .tail feathers, the lyre bird is happily still persisting in New South Wales." There is a bird in the Australian bush called the kookaburra, the giant member of the kingfisher family, I1 is affectionately known all over the country as the "laughing jackass," as it is the proud possessor of a wild, free outburst which resembles more nearly the laughter of a human being than anything in the animal kingdom. 'Maya observers of bird life are un- der the impression that it is a very. difficult thing for a lyre birdto imitate the laughter of a kookaburra, but on one Occasion direct evidence to the' contrary was placed before ore. Som years ago I was wandering, aimlessly through the thickest part of the scrub one winter's day (mid- July if you please) when I suddenly heard what seemed to be a'Violent duet ot sardonic laughter going on be- tween two kookaburas. As I crept forward and peered through the angled undergrowth I saw a much -ruffled and angry kookoburra hopping about on the bare limb- of a dead "gum" tree. Now and' then he would stop to gaze down at something' in the middle of a small clearing and OA my glance followed his I saw a mag- nificent epeciruent of a lyre bird par- ading up and down. Then, suddenly I saw the lyre bird stand still and give an absolutely perfect irritation of the wild laugh that belongs, strictly speak- ing only to kyolraburras. The imitation was not at all pleas- ing to the "jackass,' and after a feeble sort of forced laugh himself, he flew • down like a dart and attempted to Dan- iell his imitator. The lyre bird dodged the attack successfully, and the kooka- • urr flew back e' b a w to his perch only' Id hear himself insulted again a few seconds later. This little game was repeated sever- al times, and it -was easy to see that there was at least one bird in the world who did not believe that imita- tion is the sincerest form of flattery. Alas! just as my excitement was at its height I stepped on a dead twig and the ehsuing snap instantly scared both performers in dile weird duet in- to the depths of the bush. Bird lovers will understand me when 1 say that what I had been privileged •£o witnesslduring those few rare mo - manta made pie feel as Keats felt when. Chapmau's Homer first swam into his ken. Surely, as Mr: Chis- holm says, 'There Is no bird in the 'world. to rival this lyre -tailed artist of the Australian jungles."—P. W. 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Sum 1-,er Complaints Kill Little Ones French to Prevent Burial of Living 35 Doctors Shape Measure Requiring Scientific Proof of Death Paris:—Thirty-tile doctors in the French chamber of Deputies are pre- paring a law for the verification of death by medical -scientific means be' fore allowing burial According to these doctors, there have been many cases in the past of the burial ot llv Ing' persons, who only appeared to be dead. Many French doctors adhere to the theory that it is impossible . `for at least two days to tell the difference between a dead body and that of a person in a cataleptic state. They sug- gest that before the burial of any body a poison be injected to make sure. Iu iutroduoing the project before the Chamber the Deputies . contend that one person in every 500 buried is alive when lowered into the grave. They cited particularly the case of Abbe Prevost; composer and author or "Maxon Lescauti" who was about to be buried when one of the burial party saw a slight 'muscular move- ment. Dr. Dedvieux, of the Medical -Legal Institute, chief coroner of France, ex- plained to the Chamber that there are %leans of telling whether life is --ex- tinct. Among the simplest, he sug- gested: The injection of a small quantity of ether. If thebody is dead the ether will come out. If there is life It will be absorbed. The injection .of flou- resceine` in small doses. It is not toxic, and if life is not extinct the whole body will take a greenish tint. Another suggestion is that invisible letters written on paper with lead ace- tate be held close to the nose of the subject. If the hidden letters appear, the body is without life, for the cul phydric gas emanating from the body will have a chemical effect ou the lead. 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