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where there was every chance for observation, lema ‘ full-grown, so exceedingly 
wihrlhaf “ropr'ast rbrclirre-ldl'Taptivity having bailed, he was at length released^ 
en c at 1 bertv his nature appeared thoroughly changed, and taking up his quarters in a small 
laddicry ia close pr;xiniity to the kitchen windows, he came daily and called with a low and plamt.ve cry 
for food. When twelve months old he did not pair, indeed the poor fellow appeared rather fiig tened at 
the presence of a female that invaded his haunts, being seen on more than one occasion beating a hasty 
retreat and the lady in full pursuit. A year later he took unto himself a wife, and a brood or two were 
reared, our old friend remaining as familiar as formerly, though the female was by no means so confiding. 
Both birds still resort to their old quarters, the female becoming bolder in severe weather, and approaching 
like her lord and master to tap the windows when their accustomed supply of food has been forgotten. The 
young broods arc not allowed to remain for any length of time in the small domain over which the old bird 
has now assumed the rule. Ilis efforts about roosting-time on a cold winter’s evening to prevent the few 
Yellow Ilarnmers that make their way in off the downs from gaining the shelter of some dense hushes of 
Cupressus are at times most amusing, the unfortunate birds being driven from one spot to another till after 
daylight has disappeared. 
