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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 22

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 22 — people can hardly believe,though others declare it is true. He is said to wet his plumage in the sea, and then roll about on the sanduntil a great deal of it adheres to him. It is in Norway where this happens, and at a place not far from somemountain pasture, in which cattle are feeding. He docs… … THE TUFTED EAGLE. SO that a great deal of it falls into the eyes of his intended victim. The oxis blinded, and also begins to get frightened by the noise of wings overhis head. He runs about in a kind of panic, and as the noise goes on, andthe sand keeps falling, he loses all sight and sense. There…

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