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LETTERS TO MARCO 



sheep and cattle, the hoofs of these no doubt 

 disturbing the ground and exposing their 

 prey to the birds, but what the particular 

 prey is I cannot tell ; one thing is certain, it 

 must be very plentiful. Starlings feed gener- 

 ally in company with rooks, though these 



Flight of Starlings and Rooks. 



latter no doubt seek larger objects, despising 

 such small fry as would content the starlings. 

 Anyhow, a flock of rooks and starlings must 

 make a very clean platter of their feeding- 

 ground before they leave it, searching as they 

 do every nook and cranny, and spread out in 

 such a broad phalanx. When the rooks seek 

 new ground as they fly in extended fashion 



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