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fully tame, and can be taught to imitate a few 

 words. 



Whether at liberty or in confinement, they have 

 a peculiarly impudent, self-satisfied air, with a 

 knowing way of putting their heads on one side 

 and looking out of the corners of their bright, 

 greyish -white eyes, which gives them a comical 

 appearance of being full of all worldly wisdom. 

 Jackdaws are noisy birds, constantly repeating 

 their sharp shrill cry, which is certainly not 

 musical, but is a wonderfully pleasant sound in our 

 opinion, especially when repeated simultaneously 

 by a whole flock, after the manner of these birds. 



Jackdaws hold their own in London far better 

 than many other birds, but are certainly not so 

 plentiful as they were some years since ; but we 

 hope and believe that it will be many years before 

 they cease to be reckoned among the birds of 

 London. 



