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had a very great many notes of her own and would some- 

 times whistle and warble continuously for an hour at a time^ 

 at times striking combinations of notes that sounded very 

 pretty. Wild jays^ especially in Spring, often talk among 

 themselves with low whistles, with an eiFect very similar to 

 Kitty's song. She never used the loud, harsh, jay scream 

 unless angered or greatly excited; if a dog came into the 

 room, she was a typical, wild jay and would raise her crest 

 and scream at the top of her voice. She had two whistles 



Fig. 77. The day after leaving home. 



that were used to denote gratification, usually when she had 

 played a joke on some one; always, when giving these she 

 would bob up and down on her legs in the most ludicrous 

 manner. 



Many a ball player might have taken lessons, to advan- 

 tage, from Kitty; she never missed catching in her beak, 

 peanuts, kernels of corn or pennies, as they were tossed to 

 her. She was a regular miser and pennies were hid in 

 crevices all over her room; she also stored up, the same as 

 wild jays do, quantities of food so as to be provided for a 

 rainy day. 



