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hay, he was tossing the leaves about with remarkable vigor 
and success. Sometimes he moved them singly but usually 
B^kn. T hrasher least two or three were thrown aside at each stroke 
feeding 0 f the closed bill. That it was c losed and used merely 
as a prod I could see distinctly. Twice, however, I saw 
him open his bill and pick up a leaf before attempting 
to throw it. On no occasion did he impale the leaves. 
He simply put his bill under them and gave them a toss 
into the air and to one side. The reward for all this 
labor was most generous at times for on several occasions 
he found so much food beneath a leaf that it took him a 
minute or more to dispose of it. Indeed he was constantly 
picking up and gulping down things that I could not see. 
During the entire time I. spent watching him, he 
rambled about in every direction over a space four or five 
yards square. His gait was invariably a slow, even, 
gliding walk . Not once did he hop. When a Crow cawed 
loudly in the distance, he stood erect for a half minute, 
watching and listening. This was the only time he showed 
any alarm or suspicion. 
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