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CONTENTS. 
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 a Pelican in the English Fens.— 
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