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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 248

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 248 — it can swallow, andsometimes it has caught the fish by the tail, which is rather awkward. lathis case, the bird tosses the fish up in the air, so that it turns over, and comeshead first into its mouth. Like the pelicans, the cormorants can perch on^a tree, and they are fondof sitting on the ledges… … THE CORMORANT. crawled along the cliff, some hundred feet abov^c the rolling waters, until hefound himself only a few yards above the nest. He could then see thecormorants at home. 246 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. The mother fondled her young with the greatest tenderness, and putsome food into the mouth of…

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