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'^'^ you meet a flock of stranger jPW, 

 /HI ) birds — fluffy gray visitors, ''4':' 

 ^|]jj„j,^jl^ almost as large as a robin — flying ''' 



about the lawns with soft whistling 

 calls, or feeding on the ground, so tame and 

 fearless that they barely move aside as you 

 approach. The beak is short and thick ; the 

 back of the head and a large patch just above 

 the tail are golden brown; and across the 

 wings are narrow double bars of white. All 



the rest is soft gray, dark above and light 



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