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strongs bristles at tbe base, black above, and 
below, near the base ; legs, remarkably strong, 
jglj ® diiskv clay colour ; iris of the eye, bi'illiaut 
The’ female may be distinguished from the 
I y the white oil the wing being much narrower, 
tile' * spots on the hreast less, lii other respects, 
^ plumage is nearly alike. 
tlijj^'J'Ioerning the sagacity and reasoning faculty of 
*s f II veiierahle friend Mr Bart ram writes me 
Mrri* f ^ rememher to have reared one of these 
Vep * worn the nest ; which, when full grown, hecame 
kune and docile. I frequently let him out of his 
give him a taste of liberty ; after fluttering and 
.‘Vl> himself in dry sand and earth, and bathing, 
by' '*."g, and dressing himself, he would proceed to 
fril * *’*''*®cts, such as beetles, crickets, and other shelly 
: but, being very fond of wasps, after catching 
‘Uid knocking them about to break their wings, he 
u lay them down, then e.^araine if they had a sting, 
the’ ''**'^* kis bill, squeeze the abdomen to clear it of 
pf ’’oservoir of poison, before ho would swallow his 
nf h ' ^'^ken in his cage, being very fond of dry crusts 
too upon trial, the corners of the crumbs were 
111) *'ud sharp for his throat, he would throw them 
Ihg ^“'■'■y. and put them ill his water dish to soften; 
’’em them out and sn allow them. Many other 
Wn/! I uhle circumstaiiees might he raoiitioiied that 
•Uh't killy demonstrate faculties of mind; not only 
kilt acipiired ideas, (derived from necessity in a 
auq*. uf domestication,) which we call understaiidiiig 
th(, , "?"'ledge. We see that this bird could associate 
Uian^ kleas, arrange and apply them in a rational 
hp i**®’’’ according to circumstances. For instance, if 
*''uim^" kard sharp corners of the 
k'oin ^ uf bread that hurt his gullet, and ]irevented him 
rp, 1 ®"allon iiig it, and that ivater would soften, and 
be *.*" ®u'^y fu he swallowed, this knowledge must 
othe?^\".k'ed by observation and experience ; or some 
the taught him. Here the bird perceived, by 
®uect, the cause, and then took the quickest, the 
