. St. Nicholas [serial]. n has a large amount of inquisitive-ness, and he also has a very high opinion ofthe blue jays mental powers—of their abilityto think and to act under new says of the jay : He is indeed well coated with self-esteem who doesnot feel a sense of inferiority in the presence of a is such a shrewd, independent, and aggressive crea-ture that one is inevitably led to the belief that he is moreof a success as a bird than most men are as men. In this particular case Mr. Chapman wishedto know how the jays would treat a stuffedscreech-owl tied in a tree near t
. St. Nicholas [serial]. n has a large amount of inquisitive-ness, and he also has a very high opinion ofthe blue jays mental powers—of their abilityto think and to act under new says of the jay : He is indeed well coated with self-esteem who doesnot feel a sense of inferiority in the presence of a is such a shrewd, independent, and aggressive crea-ture that one is inevitably led to the belief that he is moreof a success as a bird than most men are as men. In this particular case Mr. Chapman wishedto know how the jays would treat a stuffedscreech-owl tied in a tree near their nest. Sohe tied one about two feet from the came one jay screaming in alarm, and ina few minutes more its mate joined in theinvestigation. Then they went away to thewoods, as if to talk the matter over and decidewhat to do. Mr. Chapman says : I heard them uttering for the first time the low, con-versational eck, eck, eck note of their kind. It is a notewhich I have never heard from a solitary jay, and is. SOON ONE JAY CAME SCREAMING IN ALARM. 172 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Dec.
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