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are instantly recognised, and always attacked, by ^ 
Southern brethren. Birds under confinement di stl . 
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guish different persons, as is proved by the strong * 
permanent antipathy or affection which they 
without any apparent cause, towards certain in® 
duals. I have heard of numerous instances with J^ f 
partridges, canaries, and especially bullfinches. ' H 
Hussey has described in how extraordinary a no^^J 
a tamed partridge recognised everybody; and its h’d 
and dislikes were very strong. This bird seemed “ ^ I 
“ of gay colours, and no new gown or cap could be 1 ( 
“on without catching his attention.” 12 Mr. H e fLl 
has carefully described the habits of some ducks ( I 
'•-'ntly descended from wild birds), which, at thy^ I 
proach of a strange dog or cat, would rush headlong 1,1 
to escape; but they knew so well Mr. Hewitt’s °' 
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the water, and exhaust themselves in their attest 
dogs and cats that they would lie down and bask i’ 1 
sun close to them. They always moved away 
strange man, and so they would from the lady 
attended them, if she made any great change „ 
dress. Audubon relates that he reared and tatf e ‘ 
wild turkey which always ran away from any 
dog ; this bird escaped into the woods, and some <•* 
afterwards Audubon saw, as he thought, a wild 
and made his dog chase it; but to his astonish!' 1 ' ^ 
the bird did not run away, and the dog, when he c yb 
up, did not attack the bird, for they mutually re< 
nised each other as old friends. 13 
Mr. Jenner Weir is convinced that birds pay P iP 
cular attention to the colours of other birds, som etl " 
12 ‘ The Zoologist,’ 1847-1 SIS, p. 1602. 
13 Hewitt on wild duets, ■ Journal of Horticulture,’ Jan. 13, y jf 
39. Audubon on the wild turkey, 1 Ornith. Biography,’ voh >• * ' 
On the mocking thrush, ibid. vol. i. p. 1 10. 
