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Man-o’-War Birds and Noddies on Wharf. 
The noddies and man-o’-war birds love 
to roost on the pier in the morning sun, 
though, somehow, the sooties do not seem 
to relish the company. There they sit, 
as usual, perhaps twenty noddies and half 
a dozen of the big, hooked-billed, long- 
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winged pirates. Though at times un- 
friendly, the similarity of their dark 
plumage—perhaps—gives these otherwise 
unlike birds a sense of common interest, 
and they now sit together as though 
always the best of friends. The big 
A Wharf Full of Noddies. 
