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Identifier: cassellsbookofbi01breh (find matches)
Title: Cassell's book of birds
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London (etc.), Cassell, Petter and Galpin
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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ur loss. Thefugitive rose high into the air, and screamed with- delight as it wheeled round and round withincomparable rapidity over a neighbouring garden; it flew quite difterendy to any parrot weever saw—indeed, more like a falcon or a swallow, and was soon out of sight, but in a fewminutes reappeared in the garden, apparently in consequence of the anxious cry of its mate, forwe had at once placed the latter near the window. The lovers of these birds know that their tone isdeceptively like that of our sparrows. It was the height of summer, and all the roofs were coveredwith young sparrows, who exhibited the greatest agitation as soon as the beautiful stranger appeared.The parrot had placed itself upon a plum-tree near the window, and from thence conversed with itsmate. The young sparrows, who thought that the enticing chirp was intended for them, ventured nearin flocks, regardless of the warnings and cautions of their elders, for diough the latter seemed 76 cassells book of birds.
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•s s ■a. t <l►Jawaoo wXH PARROTS. 77 astonished, they were far too old birds to be deceived, and would not approach ; the young ones,on the contrary, surrounded it in crowds. It took not the slightest notice of them, but theywere not to be repulsed ; they became most pressing in their attentions, hopped quite close toit, looked at it with the greatest delight, and answered its chirp with all their little strength.When it became angry and flew off to another tree, the whole array followed, and it was onlywhen the stranger began to exhibit its splendid powers of flight, that the sparrows were compelledto remain below abashed. This comedy lasted for about half an hour, and the whole length andbreadth of the garden was filled with sparrows, when at last, love for its mate made the fugitive /

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