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on the belly, they sprawl with their feet, 
and flap their short wings as if they were 
wounded, and may easily be taken by the 
hand, for they can make no other defence 
than by striking violently with their sharp- 
pointed peak. 
The skins of these birds were formerly 
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dressed with the feathers on, and made into 
warm beautiful tippets and muffs : the un- 
der parts only were used for this purpose ; 
and a skin of one of the species would sell 
for fourteen shillings. 
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