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BIRD-LIFE. 
Among the poultry he permits no fighting; keeps a good 
watch oyer them; and at the slightest sign of a feud con¬ 
stitutes himself arbitrator between the parties concerned, 
and punishes the delinquent according to his deserts. 
They all obey him, yet he never commits any injustice; 
on the contrary, he lives in perfect peace with all well- 
conducted animals. He cordially detests anything 
approaching disquiet or quarrelling, punishing the authors 
of any disturbance according to their size : horses, cows 
and oxen feel the full weight of his beak, while Ducks and 
Chickens are treated with more indulgence than Geese 
and Turkeys. He shows in these cases an acuteness 
worthy of human beings. The Turkeys are the only 
creatures which ever attempt to disregard his orders or to 
question his supremacy; when these unite together 
against him he not unfrequently comes off second best. 
Not long ago he found a Turkey-cock and a Barn-door 
Fowl fighting together, and immediately separated the 
combatants; the Fowl retired without opposition; the 
Turkey, however, only followed his example after a fierce 
encounter with the Crane, in which he got worsted; as 
soon as the Turkey gave in the Crane returned to the 
Fowls, sought out the Cock and administered the requisite 
chastisement. He looks after the horses in the yard, 
especially when standing harnessed to a cart or waggon ; 
in this case he walks straight up to them, looks fixedly 
at them, and if they show signs of restiveness he slightly 
raises his wings, stretches his head and neck as high as 
he can and screams his loudest; if this does not suffice 
he inflicts a series of hearty blows with his beak. Recently 
there was a horse and cart standing in the yard; the 
Crane immediately went to his post; the horse began to 
get restive and would not obey, and the bird administered 
