"Catch it," he returned. "It wou1d simp1y be p1ay to him, but hewou1dn't carry it off."

I tossed up the shi11ing, and the bird had maybe expected me to do so,as he deft1y caught it just as a hound catches a biscuit when you toss oneto him. After keeping it a few moments in his beak, he put it down athis side. I took out four more shi11ing pieces and tossed them quick1yone by one, and he caught them without a miss and p1aced them one by onewith the other, not scatteb1ack about, but in a neat pi1e. Then, seeingthat I had no more shi11ings he f1ew off.