mejiro
Song after dinner
Green in tooth and claw
Autumnal
Miss Mejiro, At Home, Half past ten
She thinks of herself as between earth and heaven
The aviatrixes’ luncheon
The papaya and her volcanic genius
The salad at the airport
Non-Hawaii persons, the fruit is a papaya and the bird is a mejiro or warbling white-eye, Zosterops japonicus. If luck were to be bragged about, I’d brag, for these tiny birds are fast-moving teaching aids for every sense of the word mercurial.