Some people can be wierd about their pets...

[pegruppel]

No: HPFGUIDX 60221

A follow-up to my own post> 

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I can't recall where, and right now I can't seem to find the 
reference, but I have seen the phoenix referred to as the "King of 
the Birds."  This would certainly fit very nicely into a grand 
showdown between the forces of evil (basilisk) and the forces of good 
(phoenix).  On the other hand, maybe we've had a preview of the 
outcome in the battle between Fawkes and the Basilisk in COS, hmmm?
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a librarian who is now off to find the citation for "King of 
> the Birds" because it's making her nuts.

Now the follow-up:

I still can't find a specific reference to "King of the Birds", but I 
have found online references to the Feng-Huang, the Chinese phoenix, 
the "emperor of the birds," and a quote from Dryden that describes 
the phoenix as a queen.  Well, both rulers, but not 
specifically "king."  I guess I misremembered the quote.


In case anybody cares . . .

Peg