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PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



the Picldah may be seen indulging in gay 

 flutterings in the most self-approved man- 

 ner. It does not probably altogether shun 



human proximity. For, once driving- 

 through one of the suburban lanes of 

 Allahabad, I noticed on the low branches 

 of wayside trees several Piddahs which did 

 not seem at all ruffled by the rattling of 



