Wild Boy of Overdyke

Another boy, who was taken into the same asylum, had learned to live almost wild in the forest, only approaching villages for the purpose of stealing food. He climbed trees with wonderful ability to get eggs and birds, which he devoured raw, a habit of which he was never cured. This boy's knowledge of birds and their habits was extraordinary; and the published account of him says that he had given to every bird a distinctive and often very appropriate name of his own, which they appeared to recognize as he whistled after them. This means, I suppose, that he named each bird by imitating its cry.