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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



J-J. 



Photo by E. Harold Baynes. 



young oak's, cherry, hop hornbeam and hickory trees. This is a 

 favorite resort of birds that come to feast on the seeds of the hop 

 horn beans and the cherries- Sometimes J-J was tied with a long cord 

 to one of these trees where he delighted to flit about among the low 

 branches, but I had to keep my eye almost constantly upon him lest he 

 unwittingly commited suicide by hanging. On the third Sunday morn- 

 ing after his arrival he was tied in this grove when all at once a pierc" 

 ing scream rent the air. It was so entirely different from any sound 

 he had ever uttered that I could not believe it came from him till I saw 

 a beligerantly inclined robin dashing at him. I rushed to the rescue 

 and from that time forth J-J seemed to consider all birds his natural 

 enemies. When he was held up to a mirror he gave the same fright- 

 ened screamed and struggled to get away from the Jay in the glass. 

 At another time he was introduced to a mounted Partridge. This he 

 at first regarded with abject terror but after close observation and con- 

 siderable reflection he decided to challenge it to fight and uttered 

 several screams of defiance. When it was moved toward him he flew 

 at it, attacking it furiously with his powerful beak. As he flitted to 

 and fro on the railing his Jay folk often flew near and were almost 



