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Ortrkri, the, furious towards strangers - 28 



. banted tor their flesh - -30 



. . incubation of - 23 



. .its native place - - -21 



. . . surprising swiftness of - ?2, S8 



. swallows stones, glass, leather, iron, bullets, &c. 29 



. the strokes of their inner claw fatal - - 29 



. their eggs considered a ddicacy - 25 



. . . voracity of - - . -29 



Ovicdo, Ferdinandez, on the bumming bird - w ib. 



Owl, the brown, description of - . * > 86 



its depredations, and boldness in defence of 



its young - 87 



. . . ils disagreeable cry - - . 88 



. the great horned, considered as a bird of ill omeu 91 



. description of - - 90 



its attachment to its joung - : .' V 91 



.. ,-. . its depredations - - - 93 



; . the screech, description of - I . t -> . ' - * && 



... - .its antipathies an8 habits <*'. - 89 



. honors paid to ' - '. - 90 



. . . . utility of - ... : , gy 



Parrot, the ash-coloured, description of - ^ - f - 1Q4 



^ ... . capable of wl>isi ling and singing 125 

 [-.?- . t . . . of mimicking gestures and 



actions - 130 



.-,j", ..' , entertaining anecdotes ot 126, 121, 128, 129, 130 

 its attention to and iir.italiun of 



the human voice - - 12^ 



. -.. the Ethiopian or GuiiK-a, description of - - 150 



its attachment to one another 131 



whe/e found - 133 



, . the yellow-winged, description of - " '. ' ' . it,, 

 ,'. .... its attaclnuent and manner* when 



tame - . 134 

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