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of migration from the north of Australia, I saw three upon 

 the same bough. One flew to the ground, and the remain- 

 ing two became very frivolous. One of the bough birds 

 now sought an insect in the air, and catching it returned 



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Fig. 37. Bronze Cuckoo, young, male, and female. One-tifth 

 natural size. 



and offered it to number three, who very sensibly accepted 

 it. The ground bird must have been offended, for it did 

 not return to the bough, and the group dispersed. 



"Diamond cut diamond " is manifest often enough with 

 the Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo (Ghalcococcyx basalis, 



