JACK-DAW. 



lanced himself with his feet against the 

 perpendicular wall, and proceeded to fill 

 the bonnet above him with the young 

 birds. While in this perilous situation, 

 his companion asked "how many young 

 are in the nest?" "Five," was the answer. 

 "I must have three of them." "You shall 

 have no such thing," was Murray's deter- 

 mined response: "I have all the risk, and 

 you shall have but two." "Well! then I 

 will let go the bonnet." "If you do," said 

 the other," you shall have none of the 

 spoil!" His companion at last consented 

 to the arrangement, and the intrepid youth 

 soon stood in safety with his prey upon 

 the lofty summit of the old castle. 



In a wild state the food of the Daw is 

 insects, grain and fruit; but in confinement 

 he will eat almost any thing, and may be 

 treated like the Crow, or Magpie. He is 

 easily tamed, may be taught to articulate 

 words and sentences, and become the 

 most docile of birds. For this purpose 

 he must be raised from the nest. 



