We come now to the short-legged Thrushes, which

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have little business on the ground, but live among trees and feed much on fruit. The Orioles and Bulbuls are included in this group, and the first place belongs by right to everybody's familiar friend, the Common Bulbul. This is not the Bulbul of Lalla Rookh. Whether that musical creature has any existence in Persia I cannot say, but the Bulbul of India is not a musician. It is only a happy bird, to which nature has given a cheery voice and a merry