Also known as a coppersmith barbet, a type of bird native to India. It’s so named because the sound it makes is similar to a coppersmith working metal.
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...falls asleep on the spot, and when he awakens, he tells Darzee to inform the coppersmith that the snakes are dead. All the little animals in the garden sing the mongoose’s...
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