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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 34

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 34 — little chance ofgetting any of them, guarded as they are by the fierce mother crocodile. THE VULTURE AND THE CROCODILES EGGS. But all the while she was burying them in the sand, according to her usualhabit, the vultures were watching her, By-and-by she finished her task,scraped the sand over the… … THE TAWNY GOOSE VULTUKE. The moment she was out of sight, the vultures, for there were several ofthem, began to bestir themselves. They uttered loud cries, and pouncingdown on the nest, began to scrape away the sand, and devour the eggs.The same vulture contrives to get a taste of the eggs of the…

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