Author: allanlee
Birds sometimes exhibit kind feelings; they will feed the empty young ones yet of different species, but this perhaps ought to be considered as a mistaken instinct. They determination feed adult nature of their own group which has become blind. Mr. Buxton gives a curious account of a copy which took care of a frost-bitten and crippled bird of a distinct species, cleansed her feathers and defended her from the attack of the other parrots. It is a motionless more curious fact that these birds apparently show some sympathy for the pleasure of their fellows. When a pair of cockatoos made a nest in an acacia tree, “it was ridiculous to see the wasteful concentration in use in the subject by the others of the same species.” These parrots also evinced abundant curiosity and clearly had “the idea of property and possession”. Birds possess acute powers of observation. Every mated bird, of course, recognizes its fellow. Birds under confinement distinguish different persons, as is proved by the strong and permanent ill emotion or affection which they show without any apparent reason toward certain individuals. I have heard of numerous instances with jays, partridges, canaries, and especially bullfinches. Mr. Hussey has described in how extraordinary a manner a tamed partridge recognized everybody; and its likes in addition to dislikes were very strong. This bird seem “fond of gay colors, and no new gown or cap could be put on without catching his attention”. Mr. Hewitt has described the practice of some ducks (recently descended from wild birds) which at the approach of a strange dog or cat would rush headlong into the water and fatigue them-selves in their attempts to escape; but they knew Mr. Hewitt’s own dogs and cats so well that they would lie down and bask in the sun close to them. Mr. Jenner Weir is convinced that birds pay particular attention to the colors of other birds, sometimes out of jealousy and sometimes as a sign of kinship. Thus he turned a reed-bunting, which had acquired its black headdress, into his aviary, and the newcomer was not noticed by any bird except by a bullfinch, which is likewise black-headed. This bullfinch was a extremely quiet bird, and had by no means before quarreled with any of its comrades, counting another reed-bunting, which had not as yet become black-headed; but the reed-bunting with a black head was so unmercifully treat that it had to be uninvolved.
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