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Nancy, which was so tame as to be 
troublesome. Its owner, willing to get 
rid of it, left it at the door of a shady 
walk. The Woodpecker immediately 
climbed to the top of a very high poplar, 
where, seeing its master at a distance, it 
flew to him, perched upon his shoulder, 
and remained there. Domestication had 
changed its natural habits, it no longer 
lived on insects, but fed almost entirely 
on buns. It sometimes, however, showed 
a disposition to be cruel, by fixing itself 
to a cage containing some small birds, and 
attempted to peck them." 
