After that I took care to keep the matches out of the way of a bird so fond of hiding things.
FOOTNOTE:
[1] Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks, and great horned or hoot owl.
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WHERE HE SLEEPS
Most birds sleep on their feet.
You know how a canary goes to sleep, all puffed out like a ball, with his head buried in the feathers of his shoulder. He may stick his bill over behind the top of the wing, but he never "puts his head under his wing," as you have heard.