steller’s jay. 
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Tvhich^tl 6 ^ s ' When they have caught a small bird, 
en snarod le ti C&U ? n *- y C J° when feeble and sickly, or 
their bill t"''' P' ace *t under their feet, and with 
separatelu ^ *1° P’ eces > swallowing each piece 
' • ‘ ev ertheless, they give the preference to 
uts. The nnrtW,, „„„ 
grains or' Li , rf , n ' Ive the prefere 
provident ,, . ® Northern species are wary and 
They ’ C ° ec t n, g stores of food for the winter, 
abrupt M ,,| Y,' 1 '-’ P e tulant; their motious quick and 
the appe;...,, el1 sensations lively. When alarmed by 
°hject the,, " C ?i a do §> l° x > or other living or dead 
Would i m p„ raU y together by a peculiar note as if they 
noise. Win' ' U P oa by their numbers and disagreeable 
or if 011 tl ‘' 01 ,° ground, they display great activity ; 
branch to 1 •’ 1,-’ are continually le aping about from 
naked ones ’ and hardly ever alight on dead or 
seldom i H 0 L le y are generally met with in forests, 
the closest 1 1 tv'f ’ their favourite resort is among 
punning tb i'i" ""‘'best woods. Less suspicious and 
be decoyed in+u cro ' vs > or « ven the magpies, they may 
especially I, • • sn . arcs im d taken in great numbers, 
s pecies in rl’jfi” 11 /^ 111 ® ^ le vo ' ce of one of their own 
to cry. Tie hes , or by forcing a captive individual 
Portion of tl.'I lVe 111 thmilies, or by pairs, the greater 
may ) )e year ; and though considerable numbers 
Jntervak f lriv , rav , in o at onc e, they always keep at 
like the l . eac h other, and never in close flocks 
°" s ' They are easily tamed, and are 
s Usceptib|,, , h ', . u h v are easily tamed, and are 
Words 1 ■!‘ f ! UC , u< ' r '! ; learn readily to articulate 
h & ve a trout I ltate l ' le cnes °1 different animals. They 
small objects TuT l ,, ;°P eilsity t0 P ,,r loin and conceal 
au <l precious meti/ 1 ^ " *'° themselves, and as jewels 
Notice, they 1 ." , P ec “harly apt to attract their 
°* serious mk'chier C pvo e cause > .when kept as pets, 
Story of the tv,;, • vcr . y 0,1<i is familiar with the 
tile music n f i) '! U p ma SP*e, become so celebrated by 
Tim Kv T tUh and , wh “h is founded on fact. 
Old ;ui ;! {.L b , r °t J ! u woods > forests, orchards, preferring 
centre au-ainj Vt*'^ i*™*’ P la f n g .their nests in the 
limbs tv, * 1 lu . h°dy, or at the bifurcation of large 
The ue *t is built without art, and is formed of 
