tlays six or seven eggs, whitish gray in color, mottled and dashedwith black. The magpie is easily tamed, is a good mimic, and can be taughtto say a few words; but when tamed it is apt to become too familiar.It is a great thief, and will cany off small articles, especially suchas sparkle. Thimbles,… … A lady once owned a pet magpie. It would perch upon hershoulders and thrust its bill between her lips, to feed her with ripecherries, just as she sometimes fed him. But what was her surpriseand disgust when one day, instead of a cherry, he dropped a largegreen fat worm into her mouth. FRAXK H.…
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