MR. AND MRS. CHEWINK 



brought by the old birds to the bushes near 

 the dooryard. The parents, both male and 

 female, carried bread, and the food that I 

 supplied, to the young birds. When all were 

 satisfied, the whole family flew away to the 

 patches of huckleberry-bushes. While writing 

 one morning, I was surprised to see one of the 

 young birds hop out of the bushes to eat 

 from the loaf of bread. He soon tired of the 

 bread, and hopped toward me. When he had 

 approached within ten feet, he stopped, and 

 made the same notes in his throat common to 

 the old birds when attracting my attention. 

 I threw to him a piece of doughnut, which he 

 took to the bushes. Three times he returned 

 for food. That day the other two went 

 through the same performance. Did these 

 birds learn the trick by watching from the 

 bushes the manner in which their parents 

 got the sweet food from me? Or, did their 

 parents tell them what to do? We must re- 

 member that these little wild things were only 

 a few weeks old, and however we decide, it 

 appeals to us as an exhibition of intelligence 

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