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and evidently dissatisfied, fluttering about the cage as if seeking
to get out; but when the cage was placed on the same table with
the candle, it seemed extremely well pleased, fed and drank,
drest, shook, and arranged its plumage, sat as close to the light
as possible, and sometimes chanted a few broken irregular notes
in that situation, as I sat writing or reading beside it. I also
kept a young female of the samie nest, during the greatest part
of winter, but could not observe, in that time, any change in its
plumage.