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me. He must have known I was out hunting for 

 birds with pretty plumage, but doubtless his modesty 

 did not allow him to imagine that he belonged to that 

 class, for he sat there quite indifferent to my presence. 



Near the stick on which he roosted was a small round 

 hole in the bank, and this was the entrance to his 

 domicile, where his little wife kept house and home, 

 a couple of feet within the entrance, brooding over 

 two or three eggs of purest white. 



This bird, with iridescent coppery hues, who sat 



