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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



and occasionally the leaves of various plants. They feed 

 during the principal part of the day in large flocks, but as 

 evening approaches they set up a loud clamorous gabbling, 

 the females being by far the noisiest. They then take 

 wing in separate parties, and return in a similar way soon 

 after dawn the following morning. J V 



