known hberty, and does not therefore regret the loss of it. It is veryaffectionate, and becomes so famihar that it will hop about the table, andperch on its mistresss shoulder. It lives a long time. One that was hatched in a cage, lived with thesame mistress twenty-six years. 15° STORIES ABOUT… … There is a large grey bird that comes to us in spring, just when theleaves are budding, and the meadows are beginning to be covered withflowers. When we hear his well-known note we know that summer is near.His song has no great variety in it. It is but a repetition of the well-knownword, cuckoo !…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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