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THE LIFE OF A BIRD 



most comfortable apparel. The young chicks of 

 several birds completely imbedded in their downy 

 wrapping are to be seen in the national collection, 

 and form a striking contrast to their parents, 

 which are placed by their side. 



ig Biidt covered with Dotrn. 



The chick after exclusion grows rapidly, and 

 increases in strength and vigour day by day. 

 Audubon thus speaks of the young of the purple 

 grakle : " And now the emerging brood shake off 

 the shell that so long covered them ; their totter- 

 ing heads are already raised toward their mother, 



