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time,j control my movements, but was obliged 
to remain sitting flat on the bottom of my 
cage, my eyes closed with dizziness, my whole 
senses in a sort of stupor. I have since 
thought that the latter effect was produced by 
my being suddenly changed from a very cold 
atmosphere, which is to me, of course, the 
most natural one, into a very warm one ; for 
the room in which my cage was placed was 
kept exceedingly warm to keep the plants and 
birds in good health.” 
Birds I ” ex- 
claimed some of 
his hearers ; were 
there other birds, 
then, kept in im- 
prisonment ? ” 
There were, I 
am sorry to say,” 
replied Crossbill, 
a great number ; 
and the room in 
which we were 
kept was called an 
aviary^ as I afterwards discovered. 
Crossbill. 
