. My pets; real happenings in my aviary . Iput them in a cage. They got on pretty well to-gether, but when I took them out Red-face beat thestranger. In order to illustrate the vagaries of birds, I maysay that the Brazil cardinal that hated Red-face anddrove him away, allowed the stranger that lookedexactly like him to sit near his nest. There is noth-ing but human nature that at all resembles thedoubled and twisted workings of bird nature. Red-face and the stranger were separated thisautumn. When I left home I thought that my prettyAfricans would be better off in a large Americanaviary under
. My pets; real happenings in my aviary . Iput them in a cage. They got on pretty well to-gether, but when I took them out Red-face beat thestranger. In order to illustrate the vagaries of birds, I maysay that the Brazil cardinal that hated Red-face anddrove him away, allowed the stranger that lookedexactly like him to sit near his nest. There is noth-ing but human nature that at all resembles thedoubled and twisted workings of bird nature. Red-face and the stranger were separated thisautumn. When I left home I thought that my prettyAfricans would be better off in a large Americanaviary under the care of a skilled curator, so I at-tempted to catch them both. The stranger hid andis still at home. I only got Red-face. He is inNew York State, and his fate Is unsettled, for in theaviary to which I sent him, the gray-headed love-birds object so to his presence that it was feared hewould be killed. So he is still seeking a home, andit is possible that he may once more find himselfback in Canada with his former bird companions. 211. CHAPTER XXII CRESTED CARDINALS I SHALL never forget the day that I bought myfirst cardinals. I stood in a Boston bird-dealers shop, lookingabout me at the great variety of birds. I knew butfew of them by name, but I loved them all andwanted them all. I was most anxious to have a talking minor—theglossy, dark bird that is the only one that will replywhen spoken to. On learning that he was twenty dollars, I said thatI could not afford to get him. A showy redbird that looked too big for his 212
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