secretarybird thins their number; so that every way he is useful. He and his partner make a large nest, in which two eggs are laid. Hedoes not choose his partner without fighting a great many battles. Yet hehas not at all a fierce temper, but rather otherwise; and after the choice hasbeen made… … niK VULTURE. pared to the eagle and the other birds of prey, and his place hardly seems tobe among them. His head and neck are bare of feathers, and his plumage is coarse and illkept ; his eyes are prominent, and his claws shorter. Indeed, he cannot carryhis prey through the air as the eagle does,…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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