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that such humiliation was not to be endured, and when 

 any special tit-bit was offered to them, the two-legged 

 one would hold the dainty up in one of his own feet 

 and offer it to the cripple, nor till the latter had had 

 as much as it wanted would the sound bird touch a bit. 



The Blossom-heads have nested freely in many aviaries r 

 and would, no doubt, have done so in mine, had I been 

 fortunate enough to have had a pair of them at any time. 



The scientific name is Paloeornis cyanocephalus. 



