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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11789#0185
NOTE.
On page 51 of the foregoing narrative, the name
"paddy bird" is applied to a species of small white
crane, seen on the banks of the Nile. Whether my
informant was mistaken, or whether the name is
sometimes popularly given to birds of different
species, I am unable to say. The true " paddy
bird," however, as I have recently learned, is quite
different from that which I have described, being a
species of Loxia (crossbill). It is possible that the
error—if it be an error—may have arisen from a
misunderstanding on my part. I owe it, however,
to myself to say that I distinctly remember, in this
very instance, having repeated my question and
made particular inquiries, in order to avoid, as far
as it depended on myself, all possibility of mistake.
On page 51 of the foregoing narrative, the name
"paddy bird" is applied to a species of small white
crane, seen on the banks of the Nile. Whether my
informant was mistaken, or whether the name is
sometimes popularly given to birds of different
species, I am unable to say. The true " paddy
bird," however, as I have recently learned, is quite
different from that which I have described, being a
species of Loxia (crossbill). It is possible that the
error—if it be an error—may have arisen from a
misunderstanding on my part. I owe it, however,
to myself to say that I distinctly remember, in this
very instance, having repeated my question and
made particular inquiries, in order to avoid, as far
as it depended on myself, all possibility of mistake.