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STOJilES ABOUT BIRDS. 



the other birds of the forest, in their costume of red, and yellow, and blue, and 

 green. They are very sociable birds, and live in flocks, and roost in the 

 great hollow trees of the forest. While in their native state they have not 





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THE GREY PARROT. 



learned to speak our language, like their brethren in cages, but they can talk 

 fast enough in their own. The noise and screaming they make is beyond 

 description. 



