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attracted by strangers, unless they excite her ali~ 

 mcntweness by displaying some food. Her appear- 

 ance is very ludicrous, — the black physiognomy 

 peering through the huge white mane, when she 

 is seen peeping from her kennel in the tree, ex- 

 ercising her secretiveness by pretending, when 

 called, not to notice or understand, while, in 

 reality, her attention is directed towards the per- 

 son wiio may be addressing her. But, let some 

 fruit be displayed — rapid as thought she slides 

 down the bamboo, and is close to the object of 

 attraction. Do not imagine, stranger, that you 

 are the object of attraction — as in the plenitude 

 of your vanity you might ; — no, she is paying 

 a devoted attention to your donations of oranges 

 or plantains, which having attained, she will soon 

 forsake your society to enjoy the proceeds of her 

 efforts upon the branches of the tree, far removed 

 from your reach. 



One morning, when I was visiting Mr. Beale, 

 a bird had been just received, which was pur- 

 chased in Canton from a Mantchow Tartar : 

 it was a Pitta, and supposed to be the P. hra- 

 chytum of Gould, figured in his splendid illus- 

 trations of the birds of the Himalaya mountains ; 

 but, from the red abdomen and vent, it appeared 

 to accord more with the species called P. 

 erythrogastra of Temminck ; it was in excellent 



