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There were also two new ground thrushes of the genus Pitta, closely allied to, but quite distinct from, two other species inhabiting both Sumatra and Borneo, and which did not perceptibly differ in these large and widely separated islands. This is just as if the Isle of Man possessed a peculiar species of thrush and blackbird, distinct from the birds which are common to England and Ireland.
It would be tedious if I were to go on describing the almost endless varieties of birds we shot, glowing though they were with rainbow colours, and to keep repeating how we skinned and preserved this sun-bird, that pitta, or trogon, or lovely rose-tinted dove.
Arrival at Florida Blanca The Schoolmaster's House Kept by Pupils in their Master's Absence Everyday Scenes at Florida Blanca A Filipino Sunday A Visit to the Cock-fighting Ring A Strange Church Clock and Chimes Pugnacious Scene at a Funeral Strained Relations between Filipinos and Americans My New Servant Victoriano, an Ex-officer of Aguinaldo's Army, and his Six Wives I Start for the Mountains "Free and easy" Progress of my Buffalo-cart Ascent into the Mountains Arrival at my Future Abode Description of my Hut and Food Our Botanical Surroundings Meetings with the Negritos Friendliness and Mirth of the Little People Negritos may properly be called Pigmies Their Appearance, Dress, Ornaments and Weapons An Ingenious Pig-arrow Extraordinary Fish-traps Their Rude Barbaric Chanting Their Chief and His House Cure of a Malarial Fever and its Embarrassing Results "Agriculture in the Tropics" A Hairbreadth Escape Filipino Blowpipes A Pigmy Hawk in Pigmyland The Elusive Pitta Names of the Birds A Moth as Scent Producer Flying Lizards and other kinds A "Tigre" Scare by Night Enforced Seclusion of Female Hornbill.
Chastened by the half-averted face of irresponsive science, the glowing desire to inflate the list gave way to the crisper sort of satisfaction which is like the joy that cometh in the morning. White-rumped Wood-Swallow ARTAMUS LEUCOGASTER. Shining Starling CALORNIS METALLICA. Noisy Pitta PITTA STREPITANS.
It is seen in many bulbuls, robins, and woodpeckers, and in the pitta. The existence of these red under tail-coverts in such diverse species can, I think, be explained only on the hypothesis that there is an inherent tendency to variation in this direction in many species.
The noisy pitta bustles along the edge of the jungle rousing all the sleepy heads with sharp interrogative whistles before there is the least paling of the Eastern sky. He scents the sun as the ghost of Hamlet's father the morning air. His version of "Sleepers, wake," echoes in the silence in sharp, staccato notes.
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