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Chapter 20

           Thatbrowncreaturewiththefluffywingsallbyhimselfonthatflower-potisthe‘NineteenthCentury,’thelittlebirdwiththegreenneckisthe‘WestminsterGazette,’andthefatonesittingontheplatformofthecoteisthe‘Pall-Mall.Heknowshisnameverywellsee!"andshecalledmerrily"PallMall!Comeboy!comehere!"Thebirdobeyedatonce,andflyingdownfromthecotesettledonhershoulder."Therearesomanyothersitisdifficulttodistinguishthemsometimes,"shecontinued"WheneverIgetabadreviewInameapigeonitamusesme.Thatdraggle-tailedonewiththemuddyfeetisthe‘Sketch,’heisnotatallawell-bredbirdImusttellyou!thatsmart-lookingdovewiththepurplebreastisthe‘Graphic,’andthatblandoldgreythingisthe‘I.L.N.shortfor‘IllustratedLondonNews.Thosethreewhiteonesarerespectively‘DailyTelegraph,’‘MorningPost,’and‘Standard.Nowseethemall!"andtakingacoveredbasketfromacornershebegantoscattercornandpeasandvariousgrainsinlavishquantitiesalloverthecourt.Foramomentwecouldscarcelyseethesky,sothicklythebirdsflockedtogether,struggling,fighting,swoopingdownwards,andsoaringupwardsbutthewingëdconfusionsoongaveplacetosomethinglikeorderwhentheywereallonthegroundandbusy,selectingtheirrespectivefavouritefoodsfromthedifferentsortsprovidedfortheirchoice.

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