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which he chose to regard as rivals ; but this 

 was his only unhappiness. The appearance of 

 his master dressed in ' blazers ' always greatly 

 affected him. It would, indeed, throw him 

 into such a frenzy of terror that Mr. Phillips 

 became careful not to exhibit himself in such 

 bizarre raiment in the garden. My informant 

 concludes, that he is not ashamed to say that he 

 shed a few tears at the loss of this bird. 



I may add that I received a large number of 

 letters in answer to my article on the carrion 

 crow, but none of my correspondents in this 

 country had any knowledge of the bird as a pet. 

 In several letters received from America the 

 States and Canada long histories of the common 

 crow of that region as a pet bird were sent to 

 me. 



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