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FAMILIAR iriLD BIRDS. 



The ordinary Hight of the Rim^love is very stnMisj^ and 

 rajjid. If disturbed whilst sitting- upon the nest, the bn;d 

 seems, to corampnce her flig-ht in a bkindering style, accom- 

 panied with a peculiar clapping- or flapping- of the wings, 

 which may be heard at a considerable distance, especially 

 when severa,l commence flying- simultaneously. And this 

 peculiarity occurs even during their ordinary flight*^ Ji;' 



