Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1857-06-13

earAs cvnonrr.-Niso. rur rAtxrso Bran or ia
eaders ~'ll neeer ceaso. How isw persons have
n'A'' o'rd 'alkin plain. good Engish. We have all
70 Preuy Poll When shes.ys good morning but
REV! roh has no command Of hpgusse-she IL not an
adept nssymoosy. synAx or prosody-.hs canuo, talk
ynos'a'sy. like tbs TALKING bird Of Java-she cannot
hse him, gvs three propositiens Cor example My
name h'no-Aino Is pretty bird-Ilow do you do :"
we are AVIAN that the present Queen Of England
mad p>rfo' has said Good morning. Vic" but
coond pronounee the words "Qaeen Victoria" and
count OF an unfinished education suddenly neglected
turned ever 20 she undesrsppers of Windsor Castle
Ihere taking bird nov living In Modern Athens
thst mas either been remarkably cell educated has in
tuvey caught The true spirit Of the literary atmosphere
are AL permitted to breathe, aud this bird talks
mon sense IN good English. he Is curiosity. aud
We do not believe hat our old friend Audubon you'll have
sent ooe, through Mihos head even for the sake OF
snsnus bis sups,s anthology with agO,hsr beautiful
spec,nen especially MINI had aid 10 che distinguished
osnooos's' 10 his .tnning and goodnstured manner
We saw the talking bird. Mipo. a, bis home in cmoo,
ed aud pleased lii difficult 10 civ. an adequate de-
scrpton OF him. He d about the size Of the American
crqS 'oackbird, although little heavier His length
no 'ne up o. the OIL 70 the eud OF the tail feathers
about twelve tnches He has a y.los bill inch IN
length His P'umage is remarkably beautiful when 1t
g'stens IN the rays OF the Ii Il very rich varega
ted purple and green The wi.gssre nearly black with
very Short fine and thick resemble the richest goes
Of dark velvet lie has long and beautiful lapel OF
Ssh, yellow extending iron zach side of the back Of his
head TO The nap OF his neck there Is also small yellow
oLloug mark each side Of his head HIS lego and
claws are yeo~. His tonEus long pointed at the end
broad In the throat and as thus offering from that Of
inc parToe which Is roaod hort and some~ha. curved
MI james Mann, the we'd known taxidermist Of this
ety. iniorpk US that the Nj bird- called, ma
: .sSs:s Q! -. .; even u a.. Island
petite, and ~feat vorariossiy. cooked or rsw meat
bread potatoes and fruit although hey appear 10 relish
simple meal and milk. Mr.. Manu- possessed Aino bird
some yesr- ago which could whistle and initiate different
sounds but IL could not pronounce words.
The bird Aino, in fremont street. the property Of Mr.
= Ches-y has fns tenor voice, and shows What may
truly be termed intelligence We have seen several per
cons looking sdmisibgy him. and have heard him saw
IN tue most distinct after he has gszed nten
apparently listening TO the conversation any name Is Nj
puent to be beto Sed upon him. he raised his beau
tui hood and proudly SAID. "Mino il a pretty bird" II
no person offers wor of przse he jumps about his
large cage few times, turns his back the sstonishcd
spectators, and indignantly and emphatcally SAYS in
sharp tone, go y-go asayl" He then gives loud
and hearty guaw, exactly like The "na-ha hal" Of hu
man being OF course, every person laughs the dro
bird, aud the dron bird laughs again. and SAYS :-ood
morning When he his admirers disperse he tells
them in the planest language Shut the door, II be
l. ssAed his name In an ahectionate manner he will i'm
nrdaieiy reply My name Is Mno- How do you do ?"
when he hears several persons eonversg earnestly to-
gether without taking any notice Of him. he exeaim.:
what are you taking orf The words are so suddenly
spoken and the oun so closely resembles human voice
thai one really inclined to reply that none OF your
business But Nino polite well educated and very
amusing, although he is vain aud fond Of lattery.
Every phrase that We have gwen heard Mno speak
in the course OF fifteen minutes he could probably be SO
taught to extend his knosIsdse OF English language
that be could do al the talking the session OF our
Legislature Tor nothing and thus considerable mo.
ney TO our ax-paying eizeus- II is fact that when
he Is In the humor he speaks the Malay language soto
rock and apparently tor his gratif alton We hope
that M Ehhu Burriit the learned blacksmith will listen
to hinos foreign lingo aud give translation OF it. for
msyhap, some long los; lines Of ancient poet may yet
be preserved to us by this very remarkable bird lie Ger.
family maiiess certain degrre Of Intelligence lie ap.
paTenty takes pleasure in listening ordinary converse
ton, and has extraordinary imaginative power II We
had the enthusiasm OF an Audubo1 Wilson, Buff1n Gu.
ver OF Goui should place this bird in rank above
al! other birds His oSner, Mr.. Che-ey Who will be
pleased TO show his to the public who choose to call
has refused one offer Of five hundred dollars for him and
another olr Of Elk hundred The Mno lives to great
age and is sad 10 be the ouly bird amongst the i've thou
sand species known in the vpli talk from the lungs
ana perfectly initiates the hunau yoce.-Bosoa Trars!
Ter.