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PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



halting occasionally to hunt up likely 

 places for hidden insects^ or cobwebs for 

 spiders, or chasing swifter insects on the 

 wing. The smallness of its Bulbul-like 



feet is no 

 obstacle to 

 its agility 

 in coping 

 with diffi- 

 cult, nay, 

 almost 



•n V ^- ^^i 

 impossible situations, mfp 



While hunting among 

 the leaves, the male 

 bird o'ives vent to its 

 satisfaction in conti- 

 nual chirp- 

 ings^ and a 

 number of 

 varied 

 w h i s 1 1 e s. 



