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Bird-Lore 



-another on my shoulder, both screaming with excitement. I have found the 

 Florida Blue Jay the hardest to tame, but I succeeded after a great amount 

 of^ patience in coaxing them to perch on my hand for peanuts; when they 

 .brought their young, it did not take two weeks to tame them. 



A PAIR OF PET EGRETS 



Birds have dispositions like people; some are so gentle and sweet, others 

 •regular little bullies; they tease each other and play, and they love to be 

 flattered. 



My Cardinals bring their young here to be fed, and when they can feed 

 themselves the old birds leave and I see nothing of them for several weeks; 

 when they come back and chase the young ones away to "shift" for 

 themselves. 



I had a very tame Woodpecker which was fond of peanuts; he would sit 

 • or hang on my little finger, while a Jay sat on my thumb, taking cut peanuts 

 from my palm. One day I noticed that he had difiQculty in eating and, on 

 ^examination, I found that his tongue was broken in half, the lower part being 



