birds

• The Mourning Dove breeds in many localities from the southern tier of Canadian Provinces southward throughout the United States and Mexico, and yet everywhere over this vast range the birds are the same in size and colour. —  The Bird Study Book
• The cutting away of vast forests where the birds were accustomed to gather and feed on mast greatly restricted their feeding range. —  The Bird Study Book
• Poultry and other birds are also destroyed by this owl. —  Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
• She gave a loud shriek, and looking upon Abricotina, "There have appeared of late," said she, "so many wonders in this place, that I know not what to think of them:--my birds are all grown witty; I cannot so much as wish, but presently I have my desires; twice have I now seen the portrait of him who rescued thee from the ruffians; and here are silks of all sorts, diamonds, embroideries, laces, and an infinite number of other rarities. —  The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
• He buttoned his coat about him, and walked quickly to and fro on the lead flat by the side of the cage, in which the birds were already bunched up and silent Before he was aware of the passing of time, the church bells were tolling the first hour of night. —  The Eternal City

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