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Chapter 20

           Thatbrowncreaturewiththefluffywingsallbyhimselfonthatflower-potisthe‘NineteenthCentury,’—thelittlebirdwiththegreenneckisthe‘WestminsterGazette,’andthefatonesittingontheplatformofthecoteisthe‘Pall-Mall.’Heknowshisnameverywell—see!"andshecalledmerrily—"PallMall!Comeboy!—comehere!"Thebirdobeyedatonce,andflyingdownfromthecotesettledonhershoulder."Therearesomanyothers—itisdifficulttodistinguishthemsometimes,"—shecontinued—"WheneverIgetabadreviewInameapigeon—itamusesme.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,andsoaringupwards—butthewingëdconfusionsoongaveplacetosomethinglikeorderwhentheywereallonthegroundandbusy,selectingtheirrespectivefavouritefoodsfromthedifferentsortsprovidedfortheirchoice.

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