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the same way it looks as if we were taking to the 

 daw in preference to the more beautiful bird be- 

 cause he is more like us, or understands us better, 

 or adapts himself more readily to our way of 

 life. 



I believe that about nine out of every ten in- 

 teresting and amusing stories about charming pet 

 birds I have heard in England during the last 

 quarter of a century relate to the daw, and this, 

 I think, goes to show that he is a prime favourite 

 as a feathered pet, at all events in the southern 

 and western counties. 



