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standing quietly before the window, and will often strike the pane with- 
in six inches of the observer's face.” 
“Tf the upper sash be lowered a few inches he will often, after flying 
ayainst the glass, perch on the top of the open window, peer into the 
room, utter his song, hop to the trellis, and immediately repeat the 
operation, [once drew the upper sash half-way down, so as to give 
him free access to the room, © At first he would strike. the, glass as 
usual, and then perch on the sash, I left the room for an hour, and on 
returning found him a prisoner between the sashes, ne having evidently 
in the meantime entered the room, and in trying to make his exit had 
fluttered down between the sashes, where he had obviously been. strug- 
vling for some minutes, I freed him, and presumed that this experi- 
ence would serve to cure him of his strange infatuation for the window, 
This was on the evening of the first day, but he returned early the 
next morning to the window, flying against it with unabated persistency, 
This has continued for three days, and the window seems to have lost 
none of its charm for him,” Pani 
“In other respects he seems a perfectly sane bird; he has,a mate 
and a nest in one of the neighboring apple trees, and when, jt, is ap- 
proached he leaves the window and flies about the intruder with mani- 
festations of extreme solicitude, He is also quite, vigilant in, driving 
away other small birds that venture too near his home, Whether he 
mistakes his own reflection in the window fora rival, or what the charm 
is, is not obvious, as his behavior in all other respects .is apparently 
entirely natural, As already stated, he almost invariably strikes the 
window-pane at a point either considerably above or below his perch 
on the trellis, so that evidently he does not aim at his own reflection in 
the window.—/. .4. den, Cambridge, Mass.” 
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