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Stories about birds of land and water (1874)

Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893, Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873 · Hartford [Conn.] : American Publishing Co. · leaf 114

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 114 — hat the crow docs. All the time some of theparty keep up a chattering noise, and now and then a little scream is heard.This is the note of alarm, and the starlings look up, and often fly away asfast as they can. In sunny weather they may be seen on the top of a wall, THE STARLING, III singing, in a… … THE SUPERB GLOSSY STARLING. very handsome, and has a rose-coloured beak, and his plumage is glossedwith violet blue. On his head he wears a flowing crest, and Ws back andpart of the wings are a delicate rose colour. His native lands are Syria,Egypt, and Africa ; and he feeds on the locust, so that…

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