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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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THE ROSE STARLING. keep in flocks, and fly in a compact body. When they alight on a meadowthey disperse and run nimbly along, hunting for food. They dig up the wormor grub in the same manner that the crow docs. All the time some of theparty keep up a chattering noise, and now and then a little scream is heard.This is the note of alarm, and the starlings look up, and often fly away asfast as they can. In sunny weather they may be seen on the top of a wall, THE STARLING, III singing, in a low but sweet voice, a song that is not, of course, equal to that ofthe thrush, but when performed in concert is very agreeable. The rose starling is only seen in this country at rare intervals. He is
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THE SUPERB GLOSSY STARLING. very handsome, and has a rose-coloured beak, and his plumage is glossedwith violet blue. On his head he wears a flowing crest, and Ws back andpart of the wings are a delicate rose colour. His native lands are Syria,Egypt, and Africa ; and he feeds on the locust, so that in places where thatscourge abounds he is held sacred. He flies in flocks like the starling, 112 STOIilES ABOUT BIRDS. and has the same habits. And the nest is built in holes of trees and ofold walls. In India the beautiful rose-coloured birds fly in vast armies, such aswe have described, and darken the air. This is just when the grain is ripe inthe fields, and they play the part of the locusts themselves, and devour allbefore them. THE SUPERB GLOSSY STARLING. Some members of the starling family go by the name of glossy starlings, andare extremely handsome. They live among woods and rocks, and have allthe sharpness and sagacity of their race. They will settle on the backs ofthe cattle and cl

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