208 BOMBAY DUCKS 
A Club of human beings under such circumstances 
would not be half so amiable; there would be constant 
bickerings and squabbles. Cliques would be formed, 
which would soon terminate the existence of the Club. 
Good fellows though babblers be, they have their 
enemies. The Brain-fever Bird, that wicked Indian 
cuckoo, selects the sisterhood as her victims, She places 
her egg among the beautiful glossy blue eggs of the 
Seven Sisters, and thus forces these to perform her 
nursemaid’s work. But they do not seem to mind; 
they take things far too easily to be bothered by the 
strange appearance, voice, and habits of one of their 
nestlings, Nothing worries these birds. If one of them 
ever writes an autobiography he will certainly give his 
book the title “Hurrah for the life of a babbler!” 
