Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1257201-20160824213158/@comment-18172179-20160824223632

The panel comes from, but the dialogue has been entirely modified.

The original panel: (on Imgur)

As with almost all the early Batman stories, if there are birds spotted, it surely features the Penguin to some degree. Also, Batman might have little respect for Catwoman, but he was like that with almost all villains back then. He had too much "consideration" for Robin... hence the "queer allegations" in the 50s.