The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-01-28 00:00:00

SWANAGS.

DOMMITIMTT OP A nin.L —ln June, MK • young
Ininrlng soil•.• Imontht t i the Rest try at T,nrhon. in
the lale .0 Putheek. It. wing was clipped at wee, and
It WY allo rod it. ftgt,tont thoiit tht garden daring the
.day, and for the Got few night, it was pot into a i
barrel with the top off. After its neat motiltiog, the I
wittii woo not again Out; no that it was en•blad so
and to make excursion., lahteh it did daily into the
immtunaing geld., but returned ragularly to be fed. It,
favourite fool teemed to It., bread and ohms'', with
witieh it was alway. supplied, uuleas it happened to
pet in its appearance at l nobel, when it was regaled
meat end wegetablrs. II inelined to be dainty
upon
an,' to mj..og It. fond, the edvanoe of a whits eat, pa.
of the 'swag, year nr two older than the trull—always
oitmied it to devour tile previon-by refused food as Gm
as possible ; doubtless progitosticattugPotable tenths
nniagontstic to its own well-being. Neeerggnigt.,
esrioutly, both gat and gull were wont to fred net of
the same plate. Such I. the history of its youth. But
tee it grew older, it would
remalo__ll away for several d•y.
at • time, though not amoredieg a week, when it weild
return, and, was always fed. Al length it &besotted
ball for three weeks, and (ativircrs'd to have gone to
W.. sae-cliffs, which era about a mile di•ttnt), leer
wt.. entertained that it might hay., been killed ; but it
returned. I conclude that it bad accarapanied the
Lets of gulls it.L.nd upon their annual spring visit to
tie down.. During the brooding seeeon. • mate
acooropaniee it. but sever can be indueed to come nror
trisi It-me, keeping at • reapeciful d stance whilst the
nt., per ekes of it. meal. As no p•ogent haa ev,r
balm pen-flied, I antipasti our tame friend tithe • ut•le•
birl• Before • storm it is Pomp vorimiona, sod will
even peek at the witidowt until fed. It will amnions.
earl. In 'ha Morning and, settling open II Sill of o.° Or
other of the upper winan.., give none/ rf break(
time. One carious coincidence has bee. remarked, and
In teed I h••a ebot•ol it inraeir, which tit thtt it
abraya at honte on Sunday. A• the otogregatimi
sums out of e•.nrcli 'hay notice it lying round, or
quietly sealed upon the hone••teP, or m.y be walking
upon lb. lawn. Them it has alloteted the interest of
our kind.he•rted Bishop. who always inquire. dim, it.
welfare when be msits the tale of Purbeck. After its
owe Teske trip in Itt• latio mussy of It roani.d

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with some trouble wee inducted to rat ea i
slam then it has been a constant visitor, '
, "and • les history is being written"—(l quote the
word. of • lap who hoe kindly irepptied me with it.
not.. wham* I have inditsd the above)—" by one of
the tehal4tant• of the reetory," Gaily for this is what
iii. called) [sillies round the Isonzo. "It is • pet with
the .hat neiglAnarhood." This was written on
Deoember 2114,1867, so that this bird, although eine,
' to 10117 wa-el,ffs, bee continued to Inlnent the spot
of its early eaptivity during a period of now more than
nine yews. Sorely there must be more in the coast'.
tntion, even of birds, than what we vulgarly and blindly
designate as only instinct.—J, H. A. ( Isabary), in
Land and Water.