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Show A Fi'nny Bird. A recent traveler in Australia thus describes the performances per-formances ofataine cockatoo, known by its pet name of '"the Doctor" : It pretended to have a violent toothache, tooth-ache, and nursed its beak in its claw, rockina itseif backward and forward as if in the greatest agony, and, in answer to ail the remedies which were proposed, croaking out, '"0, it ain't a bit of good !" and finally, sidling up to the edge of its perch, and saying in a hoarse nut confidential whisper, "Give us a drop of whisky, di." It would also pretend to sew, holding hold-ing a little piece of cloth underneath itscliw, which rested on the perch, and going through the motions with i he other, getting iuto diffi ult es with its -hread, and finally sett ng up a loud song in praise of sewing ma -nines, just as if it were an adveitisement. The "Doctor's' best performance is w hen he imitates a hawk. He reserves this fine piece of acting until his mis tress is feeding her poultry; th n, when all the hens and chickens, turkeys tur-keys and pigeons are in the quiet enjoyment en-joyment of tQcir breakfast or supper, tne peculiar shrill cry of a hawit is heard ove head, and the "Doctor" is seen circling in the air, uUciing a scream occisioualy. 'i'Le fowls never find out that it is a hoax, but run to shelter, cacklitu in t e greatest alarm hens cackling loudiy lor the r chicks, turScys crouching in the bushes, the pigeo s taking rduge in their house. As soon as soou as the ground is quite c.ear, cocky cnanges his wild note for peals cf laughter from a high tree, and final y, alignting on a heu oop tilled witu frightened chickens, remarks, re-marks, in a sufiocateu voice, "1'ou'l! be ihe death of me !" |