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BIRDS KILLED BY HARSHNESS

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 7, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 26.

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BIRDS KILLED BY HARSHNESS.

THE Boston Journal says it is well known that birds are very sensitive to tones of the voice, and are terrified at any loud, angry words. A lady who wished to make a bobolink stop singing at last scolded it in a loud voice and then took up a scarf and shook it in rebuke at the caged bird. In a moment the bird was still, and a short time after made a fluttering about the cage. Its owner turned to the bird and was shocked to see it fall dead. Unkind words had killed it. We know of two cases similar to this. In one case a canary-bird and in the other a mocking-bird died within five minutes after being spoken to in a violent, angry tone.—Our Dumb Animals.