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masses of fish are thrown ashore, feathered scavengers 
are always alert. 
Frogs always suggest storks to our minds, the rela- 
tion being of course solely a gastronomic one, and indeed 
most of the near relatives of the frog pay their tithe to 
birds in a similar way. 
Fig. 121.—Wild Mouse, the most frequent victim of birds. 
Turtles, lizards, and snakes enter largely into the food 
of certain birds, some of which, such as the Secretary- 
bird and our native Road-runner, are adepts in the cap- 
ture and killing of members of the latter division of 
reptiles. Certain sea-eagles subsist chiefly upon sea- 
snakes. 
