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AGPIES, I8 DAYS OLD 

evidently, from his actions and those of his mothe (or father), just out of the nest. I have never been successful in taking a really good picture of an adult mag- pie: they are too cute, tho if one could find a tame specimen in good condition it could, of course, be done readily. They are quite easily tamed if taken young, and often learn to .speak a few words more or less distinctly, but they freed a large cage, and most of those one sees in c. aptivity look rather miserable.

MAGPIES, 'OUR WEEKS OLD