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fuller of love than other birds, but it is a charming 
little pet and has an original mind. It sleeps upside 
down, hanging by its feet. Living up among high trees, 
not larger than one of the leaves and quite as green, 
it does not thrust itself on your notice ; but if you 
learn its call and bring your ear to the aid of your eye, 
you will discover that it is as common as the Bulbul. 
You need not tell this to the old Bird-man, who hawks 
them about with Canaries and Java sparrows. He knows 
that they come from Mozambique, and that is why they 
are worth five rupees a pair. 
