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To whom broad Ganges ever tribute yields ; — 

 Go and behold the splendid Cinnyrids (*) 

 That flutter o'er the many-tinted flower 

 Its nectar stealing, while their wings they bathe 

 In odours exquisite, which to the breeze 

 They prodigally scatter as they rove. 



Hence, inquisition midst the forest glades 

 Of dangerous AJrica shall yield delight, 

 If, with security, YE there might rove : 

 There pipe the Fringillids, there Sylviads sing — 

 Brightness their plumes, and melody their lays. 

 There, too, the Red Flamingo (*) on the marge 

 Of lake or river stalks, Grallator tall. 

 Whom superstition worships : there his note— 

 Guide to delicious Aorae2/(^) — wild bees* nest. 

 With high delight the roving savage hears. 

 The Ibis (*) too, the serpent's enemy, 

 O'er Egypt's Delta keeps a watchful eye 

 What time approach the Locusts. There abound 

 Herons and Cranes — huge some, and some minute : 

 The Egret Q), Adjutant {% and Demoiselle (^), 



(0 CinnyridSj birds of the Cinnyris or Sun-bird tribe. — 

 (^) Phosnicopterus ruber, — (3) Cuculus indicator, or Honey-guide 

 Cuckoo. — {^) Tantalus ibis. — (5) Ardea garzeita, or little 

 Egret. — {^) Ardea gigantea, or Bone-taker, whose wings 

 expand almost fifteen feet.— ('') Ardea virgo, or Dancing- 

 crane. 



