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may serve to interest and give an insight into the true nature 

 of all jays. 



Who first gave this bird a name and why it was given, no- 

 body knows, but almost from the first day it was known as 

 Kitty. Part of a room was screened off, including a large 

 window, for the exclusive use of Kitty, and several small 

 trees and a little pine were introduced so as to allow for 

 exercise. The first two weeks, Kitty had to be fed very 

 often ; when anyone was in the room, she would hop about 

 after them with wide-open mouth and fluttering wings, al- 

 ways begging for more. Bread and milk, eggs and bits of 



Fig. 76. The Jays become too large for their home and are 

 croivded out on the neighboring branches. 



raw meat seemed perfectly satisfactory to her if they came 

 in large enough doses and at frequent intervals. It was 

 about three weeks before Kitty could fly strongly and then 

 her mischievousness began to assert itself at every oppor- 

 tunity. 



Kitty seldom made typical jay calls or whistles but she 



