A bird with a pink beak sits on the branch of an apple tree. Its verve and lightness contrast with the ripe and heavy apples, both complementing and heightening the sense of life here. Leaves curl and twist naturally as the artist used ochre and ink dots along with washes of yellow to show where the leaves have been eaten and have aged. This work is traditionally attributed to Huang Ch'üan, but the style appears closer to the Southern Sung court manner. In fact, the composition is very close to that of Lin Ch'un's (fl. 1174-1189) Birds Attracted by Fruit in the Peking Palace Museum. This is an example of the Sung custom of producing more than one version of the same painting. This is the 3rd leaf of the 1st album in " Garden of Treasures".