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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 244

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 244 — one of these. He has a great pouch under the lower part of his bill, that can hold agreat many fishes. When he goes out on a fishing excursion he eats as muchas he likes, and puts the rest into his pouch for the family at home. His breast is snowy white, and the tip of the bill is red like blood ;… … THE PELICAN. The pelican is a swimming bird, as you may know by looking at hisfeet. I lis four toes are webbed together like the toes of the duck or the goose.He is about the shape and colour of a swan, but much larger. The wings arep 242 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. very large, and the bones in them very…

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