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brought him^ which he devoured with great avi- 
dity ; but he did not seem to know how to ma- 
nage that of a hen, but when broke for him 
he ate it with the same avidity as the others. 
When he was hungry, he would eat bread, espe- 
cially with honey or sugar. It was very observe 
able, that a bird, whether confined in a cage near 
him, or flying across the room, engrossed his 
whole attention. He followed it with his eyes 
wherever it went, nor was he^, at this time, to 
be diverted by'placing biscuit before him ; and 
it was obvious, by the great interest he seemed 
to take in its motions, that he was accustomed 
to watch for victories over it, either for his 
pleasure or his food. He seemed very much 
alarmed at the approach of a Cat, and endea- 
voured to hide himself, but shewed no symptom 
of preparing for any defence. I never heard he 
had any voice ; he suffered himself, not without 
some difficulty, to be handled in the day, when he 
seemed rather inclined to sleep, but was exceed- 
ingly unquiet and restless so soon as night came, 
and always endeavouring his escape, and though 
he did not attempt the wire, yet with his sharp 
teeth he very soon mastered the wood of any 
common bird cage. From the snout to the anus 
he was about ten inches long, his tail five and a 
quarter, near an inch on the tip of it was black. 
From the point of his fore shoulder to the point 
of his fore toe, was two inches and seven eighths. 
He was two inches and a half from his occiput to 
the point of his nose, the length of his ears three 
