MR. CHUPES' MUSICAL ATTAINMENTS 



satisfaction when, at the end of the lesson, 

 he received the hearty congratulations of 

 his admirers! 



This piece and the unfortunate Yankee 

 Doodle strains were the only things that 

 Chupes was taught. We avoided all such 

 training as the teaching of tricks, feel- 

 ing that the best opportunity for a study 

 of their originality would be destroyed by 

 cultivating unbirdlike and artificial ways. 



To refer again to the charming story of 

 " Bob," the lover-like attentions with 

 Which the mocking-bird honored the lady 

 to whom he was particularly devoted 

 were not unlike those which Chupes be- 

 stowed upon his dearest human friend. On 

 her return, even after a short absence, he 

 would delightedly raise the feathers on the 

 top of his head until he had the appearance 

 of a bird with a very high crest. 



Many and many a time he has strutted 

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