Feathers and Plight. 



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TAIL QIII.L (Ij Ui-' OUEATEK JJl'OTTKl) WOODl'ECK K!l AND 

 (2) OF CORNCllAKE. 



to prop its owner up Avliilst clinging to the trnnlv 

 with both feet and hammering aAvay after sonic 

 insect bnried in the wood. The smaller feather is 

 one of the tail quills of a Corncrake, a 1)ird that 

 lives amongst tall grass, iris beds, corn and other 

 crops, and only flies Avhen obliged to do so 

 during its migratory trips, or when hunted by its 

 enemies. 



A l)ird like ihe connnon Partridge has not ar 

 to travel for its food, and is a most excellent runner, 

 therefore it does not need long and powerful flight 

 feathers as in the case of the Swift, which has to 

 Und and capture every particle of its food on the 



PLIGHT FEATHEK (1) OF SWIFT, (2) OF PAKTUTDGE. 



