THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ^lAGAZINE 



MIMIC, PERFORMS FOR A SELECT AUDIENCE 

 An excellent talker, the Wattled M^'na (lower left) can learn to enunciate as clearly as the best 

 o! the parrots. One of these birds on exhibit at a meeting in Washington, D. C., astonished a former 

 director of the Budget Bureau by greeting him with the words: "How about the appropriation ? " 

 The lively, engaging Red-crested Cardinal (top bird) com^s* from southern South America. A 

 splendid singer, the sprightly Shama Thrush (white-edged tail) is also something of a mimic. The 

 lowest perched bird is the active, noisy White-kared Bulbul. " Japanese robin " is one of several mis- 

 nomers for the warbling Red-dilled Hill Tit (on ground), a native of China. 



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