The story of a wise bird who, seeing a farmer trying to catch him, avoided him till the farmer was quite exasperated. In the end the farmer camouflaged himself like a tree, but the bird laughed in his face.
The story was related in reference to a monk, a fellow-celibate of Sáriputta. This monk was very careful about his body, and earned the reputation of a dandy. The bird is identified with the monk (J.ii.161f). This story bears some resemblance to the second Sakuntaka Játaka in the Mahávastu, particularly to the latter part of it. v.l. Kukkura.
Mtu.ii.250.