My Yucatan Jay. 
Taiia^iMs' s)H)iig-e-cako mixture of wliieli lie cats a little; 
ami tlif Sunliirds" sop. with a liberal (lose dl' cuil li\i'i- oil in it, 
lie is \('iy I'oiiil of. tirapes he appreciates, and lie ,n'(Mioi-ally 
has oraiig-c aiul banana too, thoiif,'-li a<,'-;iin I f.a,m'y lui more plays 
will) these more tlian aii.\ tbiiifjclsc. He is a yreat batlier, and 
splashes about eveiy day in his Ivith witli ri'guhirity, even oc- 
casionally twice. Being extraordinarily' active in mind and body, 
T made a point of g-iving him every soi t of toy to play with, and 
his cage is a strange collection of stones, sticks, old tins and 
boxes, and every kind of oddment with which he assiduously 
plays, and ends by generallv thiowing out of his cage. I also 
iiive liini a handful of Parrots" food (iccasiduall.v, and he is busy 
for houis with the A-arious seeds, monkey nut-;, e'c. The great 
danger with these sort of b,irds, to my mind, is l>oredom. and 
T intend to put him out in a little run in the summer, to give 
him change of scene aiul ideas. 
Tame is a poor word foi- Baldwin, his one idea is that 
you should ])lay with him, and the moi'c you scratch his back 
and head, or take him in your hand, the moi'c he enjoys it. 
Cleaning his cage is a work of time, as lie ceaselessly snatches 
the knife, or duster, or lirush you may have in your hand, 
away, and runs trium])hantl,y off with it, and you cannot come 
close to liis abode witliout his en(ieavoui'ing to pi'css a be- 
draggled mealworm or choice fragnuMit of mouse, fiom his little 
black mouth into your.s, secure, perhaps, in the knowledj;e that 
you are unlikely, really owing to your bad taste, to deprive him 
of those his gi-eatest trea aires. Owing to his somewhat too 
keen interest in the other, and smallei' inmate - of the birdroom 
he cannot be loose there, and other parts of the house ai'e not 
safe owing to the numy dogs, but, as he seems absolutely well 
and hapj)y in his cage, I leave well enough alone. Lately I 
have heard him several times appai entl.v trying to talk and imi- 
t.atc conversations, but he will never do this if you are in the 
loom with him, but sticks to the usual Jay chatter, and makes 
a hideous noise, like a polit-eman's rattle. 
But I miglit write for ever of his little ways and habits,, 
so this must be all, and I can only hope, should any who read 
these iu)tes be lucky enough ever to own a Baldwin of their 
own, they may be of some use to them. 
