THE CROW FAMILY 125 
Mr. Keyser brought up a young blue jay from 
the nest. He put him for a while into a cage 
with two young orioles. Like all young birds, 
all three of the youngsters were hungry, and 
expected everybody to feed them. So the young 
jay opened wide his mouth, and waited for some- 
thing good to drop into it. He was met by the 
two orioles with their mouths wide open. There 
they stood, face to face, all asking to be fed. It 
was a funny sight. 
Then the blue jay baby was put into another 
cage, where were two young catbirds. To these 
he was very loving. He would sidle up to them 
and caress them, stroking their backs and wings 
with his bill. He insisted on sleeping between 
the two on the perch. He looked very droll 
with a small bird on each side of him, all snug- 
gled up together. 
After a while the blue jay had a whole cage to 
himself. Then the other cages were moved to 
the front porch, and he was left alone on the 
back porch. This did not please him at all; he 
was lonely. He called and cried and fretted 
about till he was placed beside the others. Then 
he gave a cry of joy, and really squealed with 
delight. 
The West is richer than the East in jays 
