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Edmund Selous. Beautiful Birds
Beautiful Birds
Table of Contents
BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
CHAPTER I. Why Beautiful Birds are Killed
CHAPTER II. Birds of Paradise
CHAPTER III. The Great Bird of Paradise
CHAPTER IV. The Red Bird of Paradise
CHAPTER V. The Lesser, Black, Blue, and Golden Birds of Paradise
CHAPTER VI. About all Birds of Paradise, and Some Explanations
CHAPTER VII. About Humming-Birds, and Some More Explanations
CHAPTER VIII. Some very Bright Humming-Birds
CHAPTER IX. Hermit Humming-Birds and Two Other Ones
CHAPTER X. The Cock-of-the-Rock and the Lyre-Bird
CHAPTER XI. The Resplendent Trogon and the Argus Pheasant
CHAPTER XII. White Egrets, “Ospreys,” and Ostrich-Feathers
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Edmund Selous
Published by Good Press, 2021
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And the worst of it is that not only the pretty women wear the beautiful birds in their hats, but the plain ones do too, which makes so many more of them to be killed. If it was only the pretty women who wore them it would not be quite so bad, but the wicked little demon was much too clever to arrange it like that. He did not wish any of the birds to escape, and I cannot tell you how many millions of them would escape if only the pretty women were to wear their feathers.
But now, how are the birds to be saved—for we want them all to escape—and how are the women to be saved? That is another thing. You know it is not their fault. They were kind and pitiful till the wicked little demon blew his powder into their hearts. It is his fault. You may be angry with him as much as you like, but you must not think of being angry with the women. Indeed, you should be sorry for them, more even than for the birds, for it is much worse to be a woman with a frozen heart than to be a bird and be shot. Oh, poor, frozen-hearted women, who would be so kind and so pitiful if only they were allowed to be, if only the wicked little demon would go away, and the Goddess of Pity would wake up!
