TO TAME HIM 3! 



quiet one, reading, writing, or hand sewing. 

 I should never put a bird by a sewing-ma- 

 chine, nor near any machine making sudden 

 or violent motions. 



If the stranger sees he is not observed, he 

 studies you and your surroundings well ; he 

 gets used to being near you, and at length 

 loses his terror of you. Then you may be- 

 gin to speak to him and take notice of him, 

 and when that no longer frightens him, to 

 offer him dainties. This must be done grad- 

 ually; you can't force a bird to lose his fear, 

 and you must remember that with him we 

 have a race terror to overcome, something 

 that his parents and his parents' parents have 

 instilled into him. Impatience and attempts 

 to hasten progress make things worse that 

 is, if you really wish to gain the bird's good- 

 will. 



Birds can be made what is called tame by 

 the heroic process often practised on parrots 

 by the natives who catch them, and some- 

 times by the dealers. It is a curious per- 

 formance, but so far from overcoming their 

 fear, it intensifies it to a point of abject slav- 

 ishness, painful to one who loves birds. It is 



