8o A BIRD COLLECTOR'S MEDLEY. 



cover, and reveals to the expectant epicure two dark, mahogany- coloured 

 carcasses ; and though, when first they taste them, most persons say " really 

 very fair," " much better than I expected," &c., we imagine this only 

 means that they expected very little. Anyhow, the carver notices that no 

 one comes for a second serving ; the so-called bones on people's plates are 

 for the most part invisible beneath a solid covering of meat, while the 

 proposal to have another pair cooked has, we are told, never been known 

 to find a seconder. 



As a rule, the finest pair find their way into the hands of a taxidermist ; 

 the remainder are distributed throughout the village. 



