It was the Babblers' Nest ...

Arnee Artie asked beach beautiful bike birds Black Bittern blue boat boys brought Bulbul Caesar called canal cartridges Ceylon Ceylon Light Infantry coconut Colombo colour Conrad couple course crows dead delight eggs elephant fairly feet fifty fight fish five four gang garden gave half hand holiday hour huge hundred yards hunts Kingfishers knew later lateritic lived look lovely Matara miles Monsoon morning mother nest never normal lens Nuwara Eliya occasional once Patnas Piet Pintail Snipe pult Purple Heron rain range remember rifle road round rupees Saturday scrubland shooting shot shouted Sinhalese sister snake soon stamps started suddenly swim talk Tangalle thickets thing tiny told took tops tree tremendous turned uncle verandah Verditer Flycatchers walked watch Watercock White-breasted Kingfisher White-browed Bulbul