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Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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xtinct,by the way, for of course everybody would delight to knock downsuch an accommodating fellow. Now, who would think he belonged to.the pigeon family? noone but a naturalist, Im sure. But of course they know, becausethey do not judge by the outside—they go clear through to the IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 131 bones before they decide. They say he is a pigeon — and a pigeonhe shall be. One old writer in describing the Dodo, says, He is,for bigness of size, between an ostrich and turkey, from which itpartly differs in shape and partly agrees with them, especially withAfrican ostriches. His body was fat and round, and covered with soft grayfeathers. He had no wings — to speak of—and only a few smallfeathers for a tail. His legs were short and yellow, and his head—•well, you can see for yourself that his head wTas not very pretty orgraceful. He was a very greedy bird — Im sorry to say — but hemet the fate he deserved by being eaten by men, at such a ratethat he became extinct.
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Heres another droll bird about as graceful as the dodo — butnot yet driven out of the world. It is the Rhinoceros Hornbill.Pretty little bill he carries, is it not ? Im happy to tell you 132 LITTLE FOLKS that it isnt as great a burden to the bird as it looks, for it is verylight. You wouldnt think it was any burden if you could see himflying about, and hopping from branch to branch, as he is fond ofdoing. His voice is not particularly musical, being in fact a sort ofroar, interspersed with a snapping of his bill together, as if hewanted to bite some ones head off. In truth he has the credit ofhaving seriously frightened travelers in his native woods. What has he such a bill for? Well—the wise men haventquite decided, but it is supposed to be for the purpose of killinghis prey, for this bird eats not only fruits and vegetable matter,but small quadrupeds and birds. The length of this curious fellowis about ten inches, and his dress is a modest suit of black and gray. But now I must

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