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TROPICAL BIRDS. ’53
fellows of this world. Somehow, in all parks
and playgrounds, I always find myself
surrounded by a crowd of little ones; and here,
to my great surprise and delight, were also a
couple of ragged children from the streets.
Had they smuggled themselves into this Eden
of little children, amongst the crowd of their
well-dressed young compatriots ? No fear of
that. Or were they let in free ? Still less
probable; for who would think that the pariahs
of poverty would delight to wander amongst
the happier wild beasts, far better cared for
than they; or that they long to behold the
wonders of the Zoo, the inhabitants of which,
I have often noticed, they endeavour to catch
stolen glimpses of from without Perhaps
such wistful looks in a ragged urchin denote
a future Professor of Zoology, whom the
endurance of poverty in childhood will teach
that only by perseverance can he hope to
break down the barrier which separates him
now from the luckier children of superior
education.
" You see these black glossy birds ?" I said.
"They are called the satin bower-birds. I
will tell you a story about them;" and all the
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