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canadensis. 
day at this camp my men put a 
the Jays had been accustomed 
two previously, propping up 
When the Jays appeared, they 
eyed the cover very suspiciously, hopping around and examin¬ 
ing it closely from every side, /ov -fr f t - e - r nearly an hour, they 
would not enter the box, but by noon they were going in and 
out as freely as usual. .The men then attached a string to 
the supporting stick, carrying it into one of the tents, while 
the Jays were absent. When the birds returned, they at once 
noticed this slight addition and again showed much suspicion, 
examining the string closely and even tweaking it with their 
bills. In fact another hour elapsed before any of them v/ould 
enter the box. Finally the odd bird which arrived at the camp 
last as already mentioned, jumped in and was captured. He 
was immediately transferred to a cage which had been prepared 
for him beforehand and put in the back part of one of the 
tents. Shortly afterwards the pair returned, but they seemed 
to suspect that something was wrong, for they would not come 
near the box during the early part of the afternoon. At the 
last moment as we were taking our things down to the boats 
however, one of them went into the box, and was also caught. 
Upon being placed in the cage with oiir first captive, he at 
once attacked it so viciously that I was afraid that they 
would kill one another, and we were obliged to separate them, 
both of them moped for an hour or two,sitting with feathers 
ruffled, eyes closed and breathing hard as if they were on 
the point of dying; but after this they seemed to become rec¬ 
onciled and fcogcm —trr eat^iaking food from our fingers with¬ 
out apparent foar. jn one way the. showed greater v/isdom 
than any wild bird which I have ever before sea captured and 
confined, namely; after a careful and thorough inspection of 
the cage, curing which they pecked at the bars and tried ev¬ 
ery crack or opening, they gave up all attempts to escape, 
never afterwards trying the strength of their prison in any 
way. It was evident to my mind that they satisfied themselves 
that they couldn't get out, anc were philosophical enough to 
accept the situation. 
On the afternoon of the next day, I let them out of 
their cage in a room at the hotel, and one of them, and one 
of them flew from the bed to my wrist, perching on it and 
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Maine. 
Ji. Urr.bagog. 
On the morning of our last 
cover on a large box from which 
to take their food for a day or 
this cover or lid. with a stick. 
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