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Show A KoHlrol anil Hut. I see lu your book nn 'Ilritlsh Ilhds" you statu that tho kestrel is naiily tallied. Our hint was taken from a nest last year and put into a cage out of doors, for n few days only, mid fledged. Hu wns then turned out mid How across tho park into tho woods and was soon no mure for some days, when ho returned, found his way Into thu houso, and has never voluntarily left it slnco. Wo often turn hlui out und seo him a mllo or moro from the house, but soon after tlnd him searching search-ing for nu open window by which ho may reach the dining-room whero lie lives by preference, perching ou a pic-turo-friimo, but always coining on my huibaud' arm whim culled, oven through tho glare of lamps ami can-dlus. can-dlus. Ho invariably twitters a sort of soft song tvhe,n wo speak to him. Hu is a grand bird, perfect iu plumage. I havo a whlto rat, who lives as all our pets do, onllrely loosu In tho houso or garden, peifeetly free to leave us If thoy choose. The rat was given to me as old aud worthless two years ago, then quite wild. Hu gradually becamo oxtroinoly tamo, nud, during n suvuro illness I had last year, he took It into his head to sit on my pillow to guard me. Kvcr sin m thon ho has continued to sloop there; ho runs iip-stnirs with Die, and follows mo to bed, sleeping ulwnys on tho bolster or pillow bv'my liead. Ho is very plucky nud defended defend-ed himself during ono" whohi night when hu was shut up accidentally ly In the same room with u largu anil savngo cat. He was found sitting up. with teeth and claws ready, nud was perfectly oveijoycd when "his human friends took lilm up. Though six mouths huvo elapsed, nothing will induce in-duce III in to enter that room ngntu. Our dogs nro nerfect friends with him. Houses his left paw always when drinking, "ladling" the wnter up to his mouth, even from tho bottom of a tumbler, nnd is quite "left-handed. London Spectator. |