BIRDS AT NIGHT 



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feeders, but they grope in mud for worms 

 with their long soft tender bills, and do not 

 use their eyes to find their food. The most 

 thorough night-birds of all feed in this way, 



the curious kiwis or apteryxes of New Zealand ; 

 these have their nostrils placed at the end of 

 their long beaks, just as a beast's are placed 

 at the end of its snout, and so we find that 

 they behave more like beasts than like birds, 

 nosing and sniffing their way about, and it 

 has been proved that they have a keen scent. 



