. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. nse pretty equally. He was, of course, quite foliage of the woods and thickets he inhabits untrained when he came south, and I never it is as dilhcult to see a jay as a wood wren; formed any definite intention of training and it is doubtless owing to this fact, and him in this way; but having noticed his to his extreme wariness and cunning, that exceptional intelligence, I took to teaching he still survives in many parts of England him a few simple tricks when he was about where the magpie has now been extirpated,although bo


. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. nse pretty equally. He was, of course, quite foliage of the woods and thickets he inhabits untrained when he came south, and I never it is as dilhcult to see a jay as a wood wren; formed any definite intention of training and it is doubtless owing to this fact, and him in this way; but having noticed his to his extreme wariness and cunning, that exceptional intelligence, I took to teaching he still survives in many parts of England him a few simple tricks when he was about where the magpie has now been extirpated,although both species are pursued by game-keepers with the same stupid and deadlyanimosity. A thick holly or other evergreenis one of the favourite sites for a jays nest,which is built of sticks and twigs, sometimesmixed with mud, the cup-shaped cavity beinglined with fine roots. Eour to seven eggs arelaid, pale greyish-green in ground colour, thicklyspeckled and spotted all over with pale olive-brown. The young birds follow their parentsfor some weeks after leaving the A CleverCollie. In a previous number of Animal Lifewe gave some pictures of aclever little fox terrier whocounted thought-readingamong his many accomplishments. Weare now able to give two portraits of alocal celebrity, well known and widelyrespected at Hove. His name is Jock,and his master is Mr. E. D. Darbyshire,


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