And again there was a starling that entertained him by the hour together, and all for love, from an elder-bush close to the shed.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
At that moment the starling which had entertained him in life began a gossip in the elderbush at his head; a jealous sparrow poured abuse from every tree; and so she left him, at rest where he never rested, on the field where that rest had been won.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
The starling addresses himself direct to his fellows: I think I may say he never sings when alone, without a companion in sight.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies