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a group of Italian public officials are being investigated after being caught tucking into a bacchanalian feast of protected songbirds....More than 60 birds were found by Carabinieri officers – around three tiny bodies for each diner....Eating diminutive songbirds may not appeal to many people but it is seen as a delicacy in some parts of Europe.Gourmets in France are notorious for their love of eating ortolan buntings, tiny birds which are captured alive, fed grain, drowned in a vat of Armagnac and then roasted whole.Diners drape their heads with linen napkins as they crunch their way through the birds’ bones.The napkin is to preserve the aroma of the roasted birds – and, it is said, to hide the diners’ shame from the eyes of God.