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this month, July, four years old, and is in 
fine plumage, except the tail which has 
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak. “Jack” is 
now in his fifth year and begins to show 
his age. He has sung more or less since 
^January 1st, but not his full notes until ^ 
into April. >? He still sings the full notes of 
the Indigo Bird and also the Canary, 
which he has not seen or heard for four 
years. Last Summer a pair of Wrens 
raised one nest of young in a box near 
him, and he has their notes complete. In 
the moult, commenced the middle of last 
August, he shed every tail and wing feath- 
er which we preserved. In his December 
and January moult he did not shed a sin- 
gle long feather. In January, February, 
March and April of each year, he will go 
through the most remarkable capers im- 
aginable with the lady that cares for him. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. T. J. Rigney 
saw a male at Pittsfield, Mass., May 19, ’83. 
O.&o. Vlll. July. 1883. p. 5 "i“. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Dec. 21,T882 
Jack sang his full notes for the first’time ’• 
on the 26th sang his canary notes, while 
bunched up like a sick bird, as usual ; sang 
several times through January, and soon 
got into his full notes, and sang as loud as 
ever, it being his fifth year. July 6, when 
| in his prime, he was stolen from his cage 
on the piazza. We found him in a bird 
store in the city and bought him back. It 
was a severe strain on him ; he was not so 
lively afterward, but sang up to October. 
To-day, Nov. 22, 1883, he is in as fine con- 
dition as he ever was, but not in song. 
He will consume nearly his full weight in 
^celery each day, besides his regular feed. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 
• BY JOS. M. WADE, BOSTON, MASS. 
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My Rose-breasted Grosbeak “Jack.” 
As “ Jack’s” life history has been written in O. 
and O. there may be some reader that would like 
to know that he is still healthy and in beautiful 
plumage singing as hard as ever and commenced 
earlier this year than usual. He will be eight 
j years old in July. He shows age only in the 
night when his head hangs down, and once in a 
great while he will drop from the perch, but be 
flies back quickly. The late Dr. William Wood 
used to say that he never knew one to live over 
two years in confinement. Jack’s ways are as 
interesting as those of any trained parrot. — J. M. 
Wadc - Q.&O. X I.JuIv.lSSQ.p. IOH 
Rose Breasted Grosbeak “Jack.” 
Editor O. & O. : — I again ask you to place 
on record the fact that my Rose Breasted Gros- 
beak still lives and is now ten years old. The 
record in the O. & O. shows that he was taken 
from the nest a naked little thing early in July 
1878, he and has kept in good health ever since. 
The present spring lie commenced to sing as 
usual, but seemed to take cold and has not sung 
since, although he tries hard and seems to be in 
good health and is iii fine plumage. “Jack” is 
a remarkably intelligent bird and blessed with 
a good memory. He is just beginning to moult 
and shows unmistakable signs of age. He is 
perhaps the first Rose Breasted Grosbeak that 
ever spent ten years time in the same cage. — 
Jos. M. Wade. 
O.&O. XIII. Aug. 1888 p.116 
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O.&O. Vlll. Nov. 1883. p. <fU. 
