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TROPICAL BIRDS. ’53
little shells, and pieces of bark, and leaves
of gorgeous flowers, decorating the hall for
some festivity. These birds belong properly
to Australia, but had been introduced by my
friend, the owner of the plantation, to his
tropical residence. I lay breathless with
attention, so as not to disturb them, and the tiny
humming-bird nestled at my heart, perhaps
listening to its palpitation, and wondering
what it was, or did it understand that it beat
responsive to its own ? Most likely. Two
agile little green lizards were chasing each
other up and down my bent knee, for I did
not move, and I lay in a delightful day-dream,
my open shirt admitting the balmy kisses of
the zephyr softly stealing amongst the trees,
heralding the advent of night, when man
and beast revive and enjoy life doubly in this
hot clime.
" The birds were cooing and singing and
humming everywhere around me, and soon
quite a concert was commenced, and on the
now gaily decorated aerial platform danced
a number of the silky bower-birds, in shiny
black plumage—apt dresses of ceremony ; and
their children were not excluded from the
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