On the way to her new house the pet bird got out of the cage and flew to the king.

Among others, Herbert described, in a marshy part of the forest, a bird with a long pointed beak, closely resembling the king-fisher, but its plumage was not fine, though of a metallic brilliancy.

But when the king looks closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had build her nest.