11 AUGUST 1900, Page 15

A BIRD-STORY.

[To THE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR."] SYR,—Here is another bird-story if you think it worth having. I have a raven which is kept in an enclosed yard. Into this yard a fox-terrier is turned at times, and when she wants to come in she barks and whines at a door. The raven has taken to imitate this, barking and whining so

exactly that it is almost impossible to tell the difference; it seems to deceive other dogs I have. The raven will whine and bark apparently for its own pleasure, and not always at the same time as the dog.—I am, Sir, &c.,

Hethe Rectory, Bicester, Oxon. A. R. PRIDE.