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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 CASMALOS COCKATOO. smooth indeed ; and then he digs the sharp end of his bill into it. Hecontrives to get out the kernel with his tongue bit by bit. His tongue is the most curious part of him. It is red, and can be I70 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. pushed out to a great distance. There is a horny kind of plate at theend of it. He is not so noisy as the rest of his tribe, and when he flies he makes nosound. His note is a low plaintive whistle, and the slightest wound kills him.He does not live in company like his relations the parrots ; only two orthree black cockatoos are seen together, and they are not at all common.
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THE liliU II -ILRKLV. THE BRUSH TURKEY. There is a large family of birds, called scratchcrs, some of which are of theutmost use to mankind. Their flesh is wholesome, and forms an agreeablearticle of diet, and their eggs are a staple article of food. This very useful class of birds includes, as you will at once perceive, thefowls that peck about the farmyard, and that are sold in the market daily;and it comprises turkeys, pheasants, grouse, and many more. THE SCRATCIIER FAMILY. i7i All these birds feed on grain and seeds, and are provided with a stronggizzard to crush the food. The ground is the place where they seek their food, and their strong toesare usually occupied in scratching for it. They are careless nest-makers, andhave none of the skill ot the smaller birds. Often the nest is a mere holescratched in the ground ; nor can they utter sweet and mellow notes like thesmaller birds. They can cluck and crow, and scream and gobble, but there isnot a single musical voice among them. S

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