Some relation, no doubt, to the bird told of by Mark Twain in his _Tramp Abroad_.

This bluejay has watched the visitors and the chipmunks until he has become extra wise.

He has noticed that the latter toil not neither do they spin and yet neither Solomon Levi nor Kelly feed more sumptuously or more often than do they, simply because they have succeeded in beguiling the hearts of the guests who are so bored with each other that association with the "lower" animals is a great relief.

So he has started the "friendly chipmunk" role.

He stifles his raucous cry, he puts on a shy, timid and yet friendly demeanor.
He flies conveniently near, and gives forth a gentle note, asking, _please_, your kind and favorable attention to the fact that he is a bluejay.