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i-th tliil he regain his high spirits and enormous appetite. 1. of 

 course, attributed the change to the migration impulse, but although 

 the dejected bustard escaped during this period he allowed me to 

 retake him after three short flights. From three mouths old on- 

 wards his ordinary call was a very soft low whistle, nor did he ever 

 scream except when pretending to guard his food. 



Purine the winter the bussard was kept in the house in a large 

 cage, as 1 thought the ham would be too cold for him. The bird had 

 engaging ways, and when anxious for (ood. which would be taken 

 either hy day or night, descended from his perch to that corner 



of his cage nearest the kitchen, where he Stood whistling softly 



until supplied Every evening at sundown he became restless 



for a few moments, flapped his wings, and made efforts to fly, 



which is. 1 believe, a characteristic of most cage birds at roosting 



time. In sleeping it was quite exceptional for him to put his head 

 under his wing. On calm line days the bu.vard was liberated for 

 OUt-door exercise but seemed afraid of wandering too far from home. 

 Until he was a year old he had never been known to fly further 

 than about two hundred yards, and only once into a tree when 



frightened by a dog. In 1909, 1 noticed the first appearance of 



Swainson's Hawk on March 28, and on March 30, my tame bird 



again became subject to a tit of depression. 



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