Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-08-10

of the. cover which projected him from
cold at night. For twolor throc morn
ings he did tho same, became uneasy,
! few n while, and then called, when ut
once responded. From the third day
he calledaathe instant he wanted TO be
uncovered, showing no more restloss-
ness, and calling again and again II |
did not move at once, at last giving his
most harsh cry, and impatiently scold-
ing with rage.
| To beg for worms was an easy les
son. Having two or three times re-
ceived them from a pair of tweezers on
my desk, he came regularly; perched on
the books, looked ut me, and then at
the cup which had held the worms;
then, II did not get them, opened and
closed his bill, and jerked his tail inn
patiently.
His great delight and mystery is a
rubber band, of which l keep two sizes;
ono hardly larger than a. thrend, and
the other mn eighth of an inch wide and
two inches long doubled These he Is
wild to get; and since he treats them as
he does the worms, conclude that their
softness and elasticity are deceptive,
and a mystery, like the glass, which he
can not solve At any rate, after beat
| ing them on the floor as Jhe does "a
worm, he always swallows them. He.
Twill persist in swallowing even the large
ones, and sit puffed out on his perch in
evident suffering for hours, before he
discovers that he can not'digest it, and
ut last disgorges it. To find rubber
band is the desire of his heart, and to
keeph him from it is the desire of mine.
1 A l,
would stand 'on my desk and swallow
learned cunning. The instant his eve
would spy one, generally under some
paper in my drawer, he would first
glance at me, then snatch the treasure,
and instantly fly to the cornice, where /
A can not reach Elm. j always know by
the MANNER of his departtrelthat he has
found what he knows, perfectly well, is
q forbidden object.
i in Che cat-bird Is his way ofihiding him
self, when in plain sight all the time.
He simply remains entirely motionless,
and one may look directly at him. and
not see him, so we'll does his plaindark
dress harmonize with his usual surround
ings. Often come into the room and
look about for him, in all his favorte
places-on the cornice. the desk, and
before the glass; no bird to be seen.
Az Imovc about-to look more closely,
he viii suddenly fly up almost from un-
der my hand. Still as he can keep, his
movements are rapid; he is delfbera-
ton itself in making up his mind togo
anywhere, but once decided he goes Ike
flashgH ge5REsls mgsl sSnFE6F
When,a new bird was introduced into
the room, an English song thrush, twice
as big as himself, the cat-bird was at
first uncertain how to treat him. but
in one day he learned that, he could
frighten him. The small, dark, impish-
looking fellow, rushing madly at the
), big, honest, simple thrush. put him into
an uncontrollable panicy As soon rs this
fact tMas.established the cat-bird became
tyrant. He will not allow him to en-
joy anything on the floor, drives him
away from the bath, mocks his singing
with harsh notes, and assumes very saucy
airs towards him.Egw gec EEE9 E.E.
/ The worst effect Of the thrush's com
!, ing, however, was to show me new
: trait vf the cat-bird's character-jeal
, ousy. The first day or two he sulked
) would not go out OF his cage, would mol
: touch meat, and though he has gradual
ly returned to his liberty and his meat
| he still refuses, now after two months
} to alight on my hands for his tit t-5its, a:
he did before. .---. ---, go
Nothing is, more interesting than tc
note the variety the cat bird will give tc
| the cry which at distance resemble.
t the "mew'' of a cat. He has many
other, notes and calls, gbesideszhis eN
quisitej lsqhgs, NbqtI there is hardy I,
: shade or emotion that he cannot eS
, press by the intexion he will give t.
3 that one cry. Whether he proclaims ;
, melancholy word by softly breathing i
from closed bill, or Jerks, it out with !
snap at the end, as Ithoug he bitiit off
, when he isdepriyedsof some cherished
: treasure-as, for instance, a rubbe
t band-from one extreme to the other
, with all the shades between, each e1
r presses a meaning, and each is intelli
2 gible to a loving and observing studen
( of His Sways.LOtice Ihorner Miller, IL
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