His birds also, a jackdawand an owl, who had the run of the studio, tolerated her as they tolerated no other female, save the housekeeper.
The jackdaw would perch on her and peck her dress; but the owl merely engaged her in combats of mesmeric gazing, which never ended in victory for either.
I watched this pair for some hours and saw a jackdaw sweep down on them a dozen or more times at long intervals.
When I left three days after witnessing this contest, the doves were still in possession of their nest, and I concluded that they were not so entirely at the mercy of the jackdaw as the old man had led me to believe.
We have seen a variety of the jackdaw of a dirty yellowish-white colour; it could scarcely be called "amber-colour'd.
Those who have spent much time in the country, must have observed not only the magpie, but also the jackdaw and starling, busily engaged in searching for insects on the back of a sheep.
The appearance of a jackdaw is in some parts of the country much dreaded.
When upon the wing the flight of the Jackdaw is not unlike that of a Pigeon, and its mode of rising, falling, or performing a variety of evolutions remarkably graceful and easy.
Notwithstanding the beauty of its appearance, the Blue Jackdaw is regarded with but little favour in America, where it is found in great numbers occupying the dense woods or groups of moderately high trees.
The voice of the Green Jackdaw is loud, and, compared with that of some of its congeners, not unpleasing.
Nestlings may be easily reared in confinement, but it is never safe to trust the Blue Jackdaw in an aviary with other birds, as it is not uncommon, under these circumstances, for it to destroy its companions one after another.
Old Wilkinson would be a combination of a mediæval hermit and Robinson Crusoe, and in imagination she already saw him installed in a picturesque log-cabin, with his Manx cat and his tame jackdaw for company.
The Jackdaw has the general colour of the plumage black, shading into gray on the nape and sides of the neck.
The Chough is a gregarious bird, and many of its habits resemble those of the Jackdawor the Starling.
He'd look like an old cock jackdaw when he's moulting.
The littlest youngJackdaw was overwhelmed with astonishment.
That night the little Jackdaw lay awake, while all the others slept, waiting to hear the green stone break out into sorrow, and to see if its winged mate would come seeking it.
But the littlest Jackdaw said, "It came true, and went away, because it was never intended for us.
The Jackdaw waggled unsteadily at his perch on the man's shoulder.
He took the little Jackdaw out of his cage, and set him to perch upon his shoulder, while he busied himself over something which he was taking carefully out of ever so many boxes and coverings.
The little Jackdaw said: "Their corners scratch me when I want to go to sleep; they are far worse than crumbs in the bed.
The father Jackdaw thought he must have swallowed it in his sleep.
And she thanked the Jackdaw till he grew quite modest and shy.
The Jackdaw had drawn out the scarf-pin, and held it gravely in its beak, looking sideways with cunning eyes.
One evening the old Jackdaw came home very late, carrying something that burned bright and green, like an evening star; all the nest shone where he set it down.
All but the youngest Jackdaw were enchanted with their unutterable beauty and value; they were never tired of quarrelling over the possession and arrangement of them.
The fairy was gone; but the little Jackdaw sprang up into the high elm, and sang on endlessly through the whole night.
Presently the Jackdaw family settled itself down to sleep; only the youngest one sat up and watched.
How came the jackdaw to make its nest on church towers in the first place?
Localising the question to this country, may we not almost fix the date when the jackdaw began to use the church, or the battlements of the tower, by marking the time of their first erection?
The jackdaw could not have originally built in tall stone buildings.
I might as well be putting the jackdaw back into the cage to be ready for the journey.
The nest of the magpie cannot be mistaken for that of any other bird, for although it is made of sticks, like that of the jackdaw and the jay, it is always domed above, and has the entrance at the side.
No sooner had he disappeared than the jackdaw flew up on the box, and called out, "Gee up!
We knew a tame jackdaw once which lived in a very large garden.
Off started the horse at once, and if the gardener had not happened to meet the cart as it was passing out of the gate, with only the jackdaw inside, the butcher would certainly have been obliged to walk all the way home.
The jackdaw is easily tamed, and is a very interesting bird when kept as a pet, soon learning to talk almost as well as a parrot.
Fields The True Story of King Marshmallow Anonymous The Jackdaw of Rheims R.
So the Jackdaw stepped forth and sang as below, while the Rook irreverently cleared his throat above for his friend, and cried "Caw!
While they were eating out of the bowl with a wooden spoon, a tame jackdaw who had been sitting on an old stool by the fireside, hopped over and perched himself close to Ned.
Then the jackdaw nodded, and hopping down from the stool on which he sat, walked softly over to the door.
The jackdaw hopped gravely past all this toward the chair of the Gnome King, who stretched out his sceptre, a tall bulrush of gold, and touched the jackdaw, who at once turned into a dwarf.
On seeing the jackdawshe made a low bow, and in a shrill eager voice invited them in.
Making a low bow to the Gnome King, he turned to Ned and said: "I was forced to take the form of a jackdaw for twenty years because I once said that gold was not as yellow as buttercups nor so bright as sunshine.
Beside this stone the jackdaw paused, and, turning to nod reassuringly at Ned, picked up a pebble about the size of an acorn and dropped it into the well, at the same time knocking gently on the flat stone with his bill.
But while he was in the middle of it a Jackdaw came flying overhead, and seeing this great ball of feathers rolling about, pitched down upon the screes to see what strange thing it might be.
Whereupon the Jackdaw flapped off cawing with fright, and the Blackcock flew away screaming to tell the deer that all the hills were coming down.
And at the end of that time a great coach and horses came up to the door of the king's house; and the jackdaw came in, and he took the edge of the young girl's dress in his beak to draw her out of the house.
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