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Identifier: McGillLibrary-PN970_M477_B66_1850-1282 (find matches)
Title: Book about birds
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Merrill, Rufus,1803-1891,publisher
Subjects: Birds -- Juvenile literature. Chapbooks -- Specimens. Chapbooks -- New Hampshire -- Concord -- 19th century McGill Library's Chapbook Collection Birds Chapbooks McGill University Library Digitized Title
Publisher: Concord, N.H. : Rufus Merrill
Contributing Library: McGill University Library

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THE BOAT-BILL.. o THE BOAT-BILI*. This splendid bird is a nativeof Brazil, in South America.It frequents the rivers and lakesof those warm regions. A long,let black crest, falling down fromthe back Dart of the head, overthe back, produces a beautifueffect. The plumage of the forehead is white, and the rest o.the bird is a pale bluish ashcolor. It preys upon fish, by perching on trees which overhangstreams, and dropping upon themas they pass along. The general color of the bill2s dusky, and the skin beneaththe under jaw is capable of dis-tension. r 6
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ROSEATE BIL.I* ROSEATE SPOON-BIL.Ii. This elegant bird inhabits thesea-shores of America, from themouth of the river Amazon toFlorida or Georgia. It is oftenseen up the Mississippi in thesummer season. It wades ordives about in quest of shell-fish,insects, and various kinds ofsmall fish. This bird is of a beautiful pinkcolor, with a mixture of black atthe lower part of the neck. It isabout the size of a heron. Thebill is about eight inches longand has the shape of a spoon. The nest is placed on hightrees, near the water side. Theylay three or four white eggs, andof the size of those of a hen.They are very noisy duringbreeding time, like our rx>ks. 8

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