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CHAPTER IX. 



BIRDS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOREGOING CHAPTERS. 



The Parrot "clamorous against Rain." Talking like a Parrot. A rare 

 " Parrot-Teacher." The Popinjay. The Starling. Its Talking Powers. 

 The Kingfisher. Halcyon Days. Flight of the Kingfisher. Esti- 

 mated Speed. The Swallow and "Martlet." The Swallow's Herb and 

 Swallow's Stone. The "Ostridge." "Eating Iron" Bating with the 

 Wind. The Pelican. Feeding its Young with its Blood. Explanation 

 of the Fable. Former Existence of a Pelican in the English Fens. 

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