adult Plymouth Rock hens and a few roosters; the Guinea- 
fowl in a smaller one devoted to chickens of various ages. 
This arrangement proved ill-advised for during the 
remainder of that day each bird refused to eat and tried 
persistently to escape, by thrusting its head and neck 
through meshes of a wire fence,or else paced ceaselessly 
to and fro, calling piteously and evidently "pining for 
its lost comrade" as my foreman said. So we took the 
Guinea-hen to the larger enclosure next morning , where¬ 
upon she ran straught to the Goose and the oddly-contrasting 
couple became happily reunited, never again to part com¬ 
pany, for so much as a single hour, while both lived. It 
was no less touching than pleasing to witness the unres¬ 
trained joy of their first meeting, manifested so prettily 
by tender caresses lavished alternately by each on other 
for upwards of twenty minutes, during which there was 
almost ceaseless flow of subdued cooing, chuckling, 
gurgling or murmuring vocal utterance, also presumably 
expressive of endearment. 
Its physical manifestation could not have been mis¬ 
taken for anything else -- albeit for the most part 
decorously restrained and never so much as remotely sug¬ 
gestive of sexual passion or desire. Sometimes the big 
and the little bird contented themselves with merely cuddling 
close together; oftener there was frequent interchange of 
gentle fondling by bill or cheek touched lightly or rubbed 
softly against a corresponding part or perhaps elsewhere. 
