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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 169

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 169 — THE BLACK, OR PAVEN COCKATOO. and his companions come and fall upon the fruit-trees like a sheet of colour;for they are very beautiful in their gaudy plumage ; but they eat all beforethem, and nearly strip the orchard bare. 166 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. In countries where the rice is grown, the… … THE NESTOR COCKATOO. with each other as the rest of their tribe ; and they settle in the rice-field, andeat, and tear, and break, till there is no end to the damage. THE COCi:A TOO, J67 -^- iAtMk:\ ;.

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