to get them to take more poison it Was decided to try them on some 
strychnine poisoned wheat, which was prepared at about tho same 
strength as for prairie-dog poison. 
At 2 p.m. ITo. 2 was given one-half tablespoonful of poisnedd 
wheat, which it ate greedily, most of it out of the hand.  It was 
given the other half at once and ate about one-half of it Tapidly 
and then seemed satisfied and rested contentedly. 
No. 3 was fed one-half tablespoonful of the same wheat. it 
ate one-half of it but not greedily. Seemed satisfie' and contented. 
The wheat runs 550 grains per tablespoonful. The birds showed -no 
symptoms of poisoning and were left for the day. 
Tuesday, January 1.--At 9 a.m. No. 1 was fed a tablespoonful 
of clean wheat, which it ate greedily at once. At noon it ate another 
spoonful rapidly, at 3:30 another, and at 4:30 another, making 4 
tablospoonfuls in all, or about 2j200 kernels. 
At noon the 150 kernels  of wheat remaining from the previoas 
day's feed were removed from bird No. 2 and another tablespoonful of 
poisoned wheat was given. 
1To. 3 had eaten all of  he previous dayls bait by noon and was 
fed another tablespoonful. 
Wednesday, January 17.--At 9 a.m. No. 1 was given a tablespoon- 
ful of clean wheat, which it ate at once. It was given a few clean 
oats but did not eat them. Another tablespoonful of clean wheat was 
given. No. 2 had one-half of the last bait left. This was thrown out 
and one-half tablespoonful of new poisoned wheat given. The bird did 
not care for this. 
No. 2 had two-thirds of the last bait left. This was thrown out 
and another one-half spoonful given. The birds seemed to get "tired"

of the poisoned wheat, while the check bird consumed large quantities 
of clean wheat. 
ThrdaJanuarY_.... 18.--At 9 a.m. No. 1 bird had no wheat left. 
It was giv':.. a to ,2 espoonful of poisoned wheat of which he ate about

one-half and then started "playing" with the remainder, picking
up 
the kernels and casting 'hem aside. The poisoned wheat was removed 
and replaced with a tablespoonful of clean wheat. This he went at 
greedily, eating all of it at once. Another tablespoonful was given. 
By 3:30 p.m. it had eaten most of this feed and was given the third 
tablespoonful of clean wheat. It ate most of this in a short time 
and was given a fourth tablespoonful of Whic' it ate but very little 
up to 4 o'clock. 
 
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