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BEAUTIFUL BIRDS. 
eggs together. From the same observer we learn that 
these birds are fond of saline earth, and visit the 
different salt-licks interspersed through the woods- 
They delight also in'rolling themselves in the sand, for 
wliich purpose they often alight in flocks along the 
gravelly hanks of rivers and creeks, and in other 
situations. 
