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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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as careful a parent as the woodcock. She oftentakes her brood on her back, or under her wings,if they are in danger, or show signs of fatigue. Shefeeds them partly with small fish and eels, andpartly with vegetables. In Switzerland the youngare killed and their beautiful skins, especially the 252
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The Ratl. THE SNIPE S NEST. breast-covering, is dressed with the feathers on, andmade into muffs and tippets. It belongs to the fam-ily Colymbida and to the order Natatoresr Theres a queer looking bird standing yonder inthe water. What is he doing ? asked May. That is the rufus-necked pelican of our country.Its prevailing color is white, as is that of the com-mon pelican found in the old world; but there theyare larger than a swan. What a funny bill he has! said May. Andwhat is that bag under his lower bill for t That is his pocket, or game-bag, which naturehas furnished him, in which to stow away the fish hecatches before swallowing it; and it is indeed sur-prising, the extent that this pouch can be stretched.It can be made to hold a great many fish. The pel-icans mode of fishing is to rise upon wing aboutthirty or forty feet above the surface of the sea, keepone eye downward, intently scanning the water untila fish rises near the surface; then with unerringaim he darts down like a f

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