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TALKS ABOUT BIRDS 



bird world, as he himself was among the 

 natives. 



But the best known among all these police- 



officer birds is the king-bird of North America, 

 because this country has so long been settled 

 by Europeans, and so much has been observed 

 and written about its birds that they are as 

 well known as European ones. So for a long 



