News of a remarkable case of bird intelligence comes from Manchester, London Tit-Bits states.
    Several people at the Assizes noticed the peculiar behavior of a sparrow which was leaping from one of the chimneys and then falling to the roof as though injured, but nobody appeared to suspect that the bird was a prisoner.
    On opening the court the next day the attention of the officials was attracted by the excited chirping of a number of other sparrows, and it was seen that the original sparrow was still fluttering feebly on the roof.
    In a few minutes the watchers realized that the newcomers were feeding the exhausted bird and several crumbs of bread and biscuits fell to the ground.
    Ladders were obtained and an attendant climbed to the roof and found that the legs of the sparrow were held fast by a piece of thread, the other end of which was entagled in the brickwork. It was quickly released and after being given crumbs and water was set free to join its fellows.
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