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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.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ous bills, here is another, theCockatoo. He is a native of Australia, and has the honor of naminghimself. His cry sounds like cock-a-too. He belongs to theparrot family, and can be taught to talk, though not very well. Hisbill, you see, is a short crooked object with a sharp cutting edge. There are several kinds of Cockatoos; that in the picture isthe Sulphur Crested, and is common in Australia. It is dressedin white, with a bright yellow crest. The bills of these pretty birdsare so hard that they delight in biting with them, breaking nutsand such things, and they are very useful in climbing about. The fan-like crest which he wears, is his great beauty. Hecan raise it or lower it as he pleases, and it makes a great changein his appearance. The White Cockatoo, and also the SulphurCrested, is greatly prized as a pet. He can be taught to say agood many words, after the manner of parrots, and he is veryamusing to watch, for he expects admiration, and shows it veryplainly. 134 LITTLE FOLKS
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Cockatoos are always covered with a white powdery substancethat comes off in your hand if you touch them. The use of it isnot known. In their native country they are not very much liked,especially by farmers, for they are terrible destroyers of crops,grains and seeds being their favorite food. In the LondonZoological Gardens they are fed on boiled rice. Here is another droll bird, not for his bill however, but forhis tremendous tail, which he seems to admire in the picture.Who would think he belonged to the same family as the commonwren ! This very elegant creature, the Lyre Bird, is a native ofNew South Wales, and his splendid tail is often as much as tenfeet long. He lives in the bushes, and is extremely shy, and hardto find. The hunter has to crawl and creep among the brush,while the bird is singing, for the least crack of a twig will send himoff like a shot. He is curious though, and a whistle or otherpeculiar sound will excite his curiosity. He will fly up to thenearest branch of

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