The Wilderness 



simple creature hurrying through the wilderness in response to a 

 human whistle, and flying wonderingly from tree to tree in search of 

 his calling rival. Sometimes he comes within a few feet of us, 

 dancing with rage and chattering angrily at the hidden intruder, 

 before he discovers the fraud and flies off in disgust. 



The attractive Lalage 



A visitor which has a particular attraction for me is the Lalage. 

 I like his smart coat of black and white and grey, and I like his sweet 

 trilling song, but what I like most is his name his scientific name. 

 For he is one of the few birds whose scientific name is preferable to the 

 vernacular or the colloquial ; Lalage tricolor is far prettier and 

 easier to say than " White-shouldered caterpillar-eater," or the stupid 

 " peewee lark." 



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