"Ortolan" is a word in ENGLISH
A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the
size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when
fattened. Called also bunting.
In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina).
See Sora.
In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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