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(2.) His joy-cry; when let out of his cage he hops all round 
the room, and flaps his wings with cries of joy. This 
is the cry one frequently hears from the ravens in the 
hills. 
(3.) His hunger-call, a hoarse strident ery, which he repeats, 
when hungry, at almost regular half-minute intervals. - 
This he only does, however, if he knows some one isin the 
room: if heis crying for food when I am in the room, 
and I go out, he immediately stops his cries. 
(4.) His love-notes, which he only developed after he was 
several weeks old. There are both low and high 
notes, but very soft and gentle, more like the coos of a 
dove. Some of them are apparent imitations of my 
words to him: he very nearly gets ‘‘Hallo!” He is 
most conversational in the evening; he will then con- 
tinue to answer my remarks with his love notes. 
‘* Koorookoo,”’ spoken softly at the back of the mouth, 
approaches the sound of one of his commonest love- 
notes. 
(January, 1887. Since the above was written, Quilp has 
lived out of doors for a year, and now imitates exactly the notes of | 
the jackdaws and crows: he also has caught the “ clucking”’ 
sounds taught him by the coachman: can articulate ‘‘come along” 
fairly well and will sit for an hour or more on a post, imitating 
birds and human voices. He associates his ‘‘ caw” with a crow, 
for if he sees one he will commence to ‘‘ caw” at once: and the 
same is true of the jackdaws, whose mortal enemy he is.) 
(November,30th, 1885). Quilp most certainly now recognises 
the particular step of the man who brings him his food every day. 
Directly he hears this particular step in the corridor, he is as 
excited as any bird can well be, and jumps about the cage like 
an india-rubber ball. Moreover, he now understands when I go to 
the cupboard to fetch him a biscuit; although he cannot see me, 
the opening of the cupboard and the rustling of the paper is 
sufficient for him: I cannot, however, get him to associate any 
particular word with food as a dog will. He also decidedly 
connects the presence of a human being with the chance of getting 
food. After he has discovered ‘that I am taking no notice of his 
hunger cries he stops them, but if the porter comes in with the 
letters, or any one else opens the door he begins again. He 
certainly begins now to co-ordinate and associate ideas: of late he 
has always shown great excitement when I have taken his empty 
food-saucer out of his cage: he at once goes through the 
excited jumps from perch to floor of cage that he indulges in 
when he knows food is near at hand. 
(December 2nd). He has of late exhibited a certain degree of 
remembrance. About a month ago, he hurt his claw against the 
