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`` Are you an ornithologist ? '' asked Vivian , smiling . `` Not at all scientific ; but I , of course , can now tell a lory from a Java sparrow , and a bullfinch from a canary . The first day I was there , I never shall forget the surprise I experienced , when , after the noon meal being finished , the aviary door was opened . After that I always let the creatures out myself ; and one day I opened all the cages at once . If you could but have witnessed the scene ! I am sure you would have been quite delighted with it .