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THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMIE 



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Though Jimmie stretched farther and yelled louder than his nestmates, 

 he never felt full. 



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Stood upright resting on the whole tarsus, and fluttering his scantily 

 feathered wings, opened his huge mouth, and, upon feeling the 

 finger in his threat, attempted to swallow it with most realistic 

 gobbling sounds. Young crows will swallow anything. Many a 

 pet crow has taken ^\nth relish what later killed him, nails, sticks, 

 marbles, — anything that the oirious and mischievous would offer, 



Jimmie grew very fast. He was hatched in May and by the 

 middle of June he was fully feathered on the body though of course 

 his tail feathers had not yet attained their growth. As he grew 

 older, the color of his eyes changed from an unintelligent pale blue 

 to grey, and now they are dark bro\NTi. 



Jimmie never developed any fear of us nor showed any inclina- 

 tion to desert his home for several months. As soon as he could 



