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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 176

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 176 — hen fromsunset until dark. And he has his dancing places, where the game goes onspring after spring. And what is rather funny, the old birds will not allowthe young ones to play and sing in their places. But if the old bird happensto be shot, a young one is sure to set up liis note in the very same… … THi; CAIERCAILZIE. raven, and utter the sound gock, gock, gock. And they come to the treewhere the performance is going on. The nest of the capercailzie is made upon the ground, and there areabout twelve eggs in it, of a pale yellow brown spotted with orange. The 174 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. mother…

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