ed over.It is one of the very few birds that possess no organ of voice, and it cannotutter a single note. There is an entire absence of those muscles that cancontract and dilate the air-tubes by which the voice is formed and uttered ;in some birds these arc like a musical instrument, and enable… … ^ --Wit- 1fvm\ THE SPOO.N-UILL. stilts. Indeed, they may be said to be quite out of proportion to its size;when it stands up it is as much as six feet high. The head is small, but 234 STORIES ABOUT BIRLS. is furnished with a very long bill, which, as you see, curves down from themiddle. The end of…
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