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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 « Pelican in the English Fens. — 

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