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PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



Though the Gulab-chasm is a Babbler, 

 it differs from the typical birds of that group 

 in the facts that it does not feed on the 

 ground and possesses a stronger flight. 

 While in search of food, it scrutinizes 

 every leaf with a thoroughness surpassing 

 even the vigilance of a party of Lai- 

 jmgrees raiding a suspected quarter. Every 

 time its 



search is -^ li'&^^O^/y 



rewarded 



with an 

 insect, it 

 leaves cov- 

 er and flies^ 

 up to the' 

 top of a 



