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PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



2f r a S S, 

 labyrinths 

 of tall 

 reeds and 



tussocky 

 wastes 

 w h i c h 

 abou- 

 nd near 

 dried-up 

 tanks or 



marshes and are sometimes found in the 

 borders of cultivated fields. Such 

 fields, if they be covered thickly 

 with close stalky plantations, are 

 not disliked by this secretive bird, which 

 is therefore sometimes in evidence in 

 sugar-cane plots and fields of raliar — 

 a kind of Indian cereal. But these can 



Field 



Notes 



