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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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a ish too proud. Did you ever see a carrier-pigeon ? Blenty of tern in te old country. Te carrier,pigeon ish dark plue or plack, and you may alwaysknows him py te pig ring of naked skin around hiseyes. Dish is te way dey do it. A lady pays a visitto her frend who keeps carrier-pigeons. She tinksshed like to sends her frend a letter right quickssoon as she gets home, so she dakes a carrier-pigeon and soon as she gets home mit it, she writesa letter and dies It unter te birts wing, den lets tebirt go. Te birt flies straight back to its home, andits meestrees gets de letter. Te carrier-pigeon canflies tirty miles in an hour. At this moment the harsh screech of a pea-fowlwas heard, and the party moved^ on to the bottomof the yard. There they found Mr. Peafowl, perchedon the fence, his long, magnificent train of sparkl- 340 THE DUTCH WOMAN AND HER PETS. ing hues touching the very ground in its richness. O-h-h! exclaimed little Rose, clasping herhands tightly, and almost holding her breath.
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O, I wish he would hoist up his tail like Iveseen it in pictures ! exclaimed May. His train is not his tail, but a continuation of 341 THE DUTCH WOMAN AND HER PETS. the feathers on his back, said Grace. If he wouldbut lift up his cloak, you might see a row of stifffeathers sticking up all around for a tail. They alsogive support to his long train. The Dutch woman then talked to the pea-fowluntil he began strutting proudly, and at last raisedhis glittering, sparkling train, until it stood all outaround his neck and head like an immense, a verygreat, immense fan. O, the beauty ! exclaimed May. He doesnt belong to the pigeon tribe, does he ?asked Frank. No, indeed, said Grace. There are but fourknown species of peacocks. The common kind, suchas we see here, came either from Asia or Africa.Then there is a species peculiar to China, anotherto Thibet, and another to Japan. You may huntfor those places on your maps to-night. Hes not quite so proud in the fall when all hisprettiest feathers c

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