. The pet book. Pets. THE BLUEJAY F YOU desire a pet to test the patience of the household, by all means take a nestling blue jay and rear it. It will be happy all day long, if it can find enough mischief to occupy its time. It wiU destroy books and furniture, especially the upholstery, and carry ofE all the pens, pins and jewelry that it can lay beak upon. It will soon learn to make raids upon the kitchen, in fact, there is little in the household that it will not meddle with in the covirse of its active life. Nevertheless, despite its records of mischief, and despite its beautiful plumage, t
. The pet book. Pets. THE BLUEJAY F YOU desire a pet to test the patience of the household, by all means take a nestling blue jay and rear it. It will be happy all day long, if it can find enough mischief to occupy its time. It wiU destroy books and furniture, especially the upholstery, and carry ofE all the pens, pins and jewelry that it can lay beak upon. It will soon learn to make raids upon the kitchen, in fact, there is little in the household that it will not meddle with in the covirse of its active life. Nevertheless, despite its records of mischief, and despite its beautiful plumage, the bluejay as a pet, cannot equal the crow. As a wild bird, the bluejay often remains in the northern States during the winter. For most of the yearthe jays live in mixed woodlands in noisy flocks, screaming and chattering in a most disagreeable manner, from the hearer's standpoint. They espec- ially enjoy harrowing a sleepy owl, and by their scolding bring all the other birds of the forest to join in abusing this fluffy enemy, who snaps his beak and ruffles his feathers in a vain attempt to fright- en his tormentors. The jays are such excellent bird linguists that they learn to imitate many sounds; they also enjoy playing practical jokes at the expense of other birds. For instance, a jay will suddenly give the scream of a hawk, and then seems to enjoy seeing all the scared little birds slip away in fright. It will also imitate a small bird in distress, and thus bring about it a 167. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930; Lord, Henry B. ins; Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970 ins; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. ins. Ithaca, N. Y. : Comstock
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