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The garden was alive with fairy wonders; wild canaries came to it pure saffron, except their black-flecked wings, the soldier-bird, so bold and scarlet, robins were a drug in the market, and only tolerated for their tameness and vocal powers. But none could weary of the bluebirds, whose azure took so vivid a hue in flight, from the sun shining through their wings.
The eyes had meanwhile lost their black-flecked, golden, nocturnal iridescence, and had gradually paled to a clear silvery blue, while the great pupil of darkness narrowed to a slit.
There were white, snow-white, mottled, blue, slate-blue, russet, speckled, grey, black-flecked, striped and spotted pigeons, doves, pouters some cocks, the rest hens a motley crowd all mixed up together. There were some that sat murmuring one to the other, softly oh, so softly and nodding their heads for sheer kindliness. Others cooed loudly, angrily or indifferently and tripped round one another.
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