THE STONE-GHAT 



I had been visiting the museum of 

 Saint-Malo. As I was walking along the 

 well-lighted rooms, where you can see 

 . through the windows the blue sea, I 

 stopped at a showcase containing a large 

 collection of birds belonging to that region, 

 such as warblers, titmice, nightingales, 

 blue -breasts, red-breasts, etc. Near the 

 white-tail, I saw another small bird, with a 

 red breast and a blackhead marked with two white spots 

 on each side of the neck; the back was black also, shaded 

 off with brown, just like the tail; the wings of the same 

 black colour, were delicately marked with a while line. 



