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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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