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Identifier: storiesaboutbird00kirb (find matches)
Title: Stories about birds of land and water
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893 Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873
Subjects: Birds -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: Hartford (Conn.) : American Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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as if he were muffled up to thechin, and that is why some people call him the mufiflin. In winter the long-tailed tits fly about in troops, and follow each otherin a file, their long tails streaming behind them. They are very social birds, so much so that, in the season when themother birds are sitting on their eggs, their partners will feed together inthe most friendly manner. The long-tailed tit is famous for making one of the most beautiful neststhat is known. The other tits place their nests in a hole, but the nest ofwhich I am speaking is fastened to the twigs or branches of a bush notmany yards above the ground. THE WAGTAIL. There is not a more lively bird anywhere than our friend the wagtail. It istrue he does not entertain us with a delightful song, like some of our featheredfriends, but he amuses us none the less. 86 STOJ^IES ABOUT BIRDS. He is very tame and sociable, and rather likes to be in our company.And he is handsome to look at in his glossy plumage of grey, black, and
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WAGTAILS. white, all blended together ; and he has a brisk ^\•ay of walking, or ratherskimming about with very light footsteps, as if he trod on air. THE WAG2AIL. S7 He is never so happy as when he can get to the side of a brook orstream. He will wade about in a shallow place, looking for insects andworms, and holding up his handsome tail to keep it from the wet. Sometimes

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