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1889 . 
Perisorens canadensis. 
Maine. 
L. Umbagog. 
eating bread from my hand. They v/ould also allow me to pet 
them and scratch their heads vh’en in the cage without attempt¬ 
ing to gel^awff;^. The^ ate freely but only a mouthful or two 
at a time, refusingthe 
the most tempting morsels ■art— first but, 
ij-iMrwi,- ng ravenously hungry again within ten or fifteen minutes. 
They also drank a great many times during the day. When taken 
in the hand they attepted to bite, but were capable of ex¬ 
erting so little force with their bills as to give little 
pain. During the first day of their captivity they several 
times filled their throats and held a piece of food in their 
bills for several misutes at a time, hopping about the cage 
and finally depositing the food carefully on one of the per¬ 
ches. This action showed that the habit of storing food is 
an instinct which is deeply instilled in their nature. But 
after the second day they gave up this habit altogether. 
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