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and evidently dissatisfied, fluttering about the cage as if seeking 

 to get out; but when the cage was placed on the same table with 

 the candle, it seemed extremely well pleased, fed and drank, 

 drest, shook, and arranged its plumage, sat as close to the light 

 as possible, and sometimes chanted a few broken irregular notes 

 in that situation, as I sat writing or reading beside it. I also 

 kept a young female of the same nest, during the greatest part 

 of winter, but could not observe, in that time, any change in its 

 plumage. 



