Babbler. 



, Craleropus cam/rus. 



III.— THE SEVEN SISTERS. 



" We are seven." — Wordsworth. 



Some years back, a new Viceroy was being shown 

 the wonders of his temporary kingdom, and among 

 these the Taj at Agra held, of course, an important 

 place. Arrived before the glorious monument of 

 Eastern love and pride, " the artless Aide-de-Camp 

 was mute ; the gilded staff were still " as Kipling 

 says, in anxious expectation of the comment of His 

 Excellency. But this, alas ! when it came, was merely 

 the remark : " What are those funny little birds ?" 

 The shock must have been the greater for the fact 



