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searching minutely every leaf and twig 

 for insects. It does not, however, show 

 any partiality for particular trees. Any 

 leafy tree, affording plenty of shade and 

 cover, may be its hunting ground. 

 Gardens and orchards are not the only 

 places where we find this bird. The 

 edges of jungles, and trees around cultivated 

 fields are its haunts as well, and I have 

 noticed them also amidst roadside foliage 

 in Deoghur. It is not easily detected 

 amidst its haunts in spite of its bright 

 plumage. As it selects the most leafy and 

 luxuriant trees, which afford it the most 

 effective cover, its green colour and small 

 body help admirably to defy detection. 

 Snugly concealed, it proclaims its presence 

 only by its incessant vocal efforts. *'A 

 voice and nothing but a voice" is the apfcest 

 description that may be applied to it. 



The male keeps up a continual strain 

 of music, sometimes nielodious, sometimes 

 querulous, at others merely chatterinor — 

 but each note different from the other. 



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