The Food of Birds 



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masses of fish are thrown ashore, feathered scavengers 

 are always alert. 



Frogs always suggest storks to our minds, the rela- 

 tion being of course solely a gastronomic one, and indeed 

 most of the near relatives of the frog pay their tithe to 

 birds in a similar way. 



Fig. 121.— Wild Mouse, the most frequent victim of birds. 



Turtles, lizards, and snakes enter largely into the food 

 of certain birds, some of which, such as the Secretary- 

 bird and our native Road-runner, are adepts in the cap- 

 ture and killing of members of the latter division of 

 reptiles. Certain sea-eagles subsist chiefly upon sea- 

 snakes. 



