On magpies, the irascibility of:
"The grouse and three of the magpies were dead, all killed by the survivor. [President Thomas] Jefferson ordered that special care be given the remaining magpie and prairie dog so that he might see them on his return to the capital."
From Stephen E. Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage," concerning specimens sent to Washington by the Lewis and Clark expedition.
I wonder: How long did the remaining magpie survive?
There's this.
The bird - and the prairie dog - were sent to a museum in Philadelphia, where it appears they lived for a time.
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