Children's own library (1910) (14778274311)

Identifier: childrensownlibr10burd (find matches)
Title: Children's own library
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Burdick, J. Ellis (Jennie Ellis) Welsh, Charles, 1850-1914
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Publisher: New York, National Library Co
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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WHITE STORK The nest of the White Spoonbill is sometimes placedin trees, and sometimes amid rushes. The length ofthe bird is not quite three feet. woods natural history 175 The Stork is extensively found in Europe, Asia, andAfrica. In Holland storks are very abundant, and are jngij;ClKigBjBgBg 1
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i=iT ^S&2**2&3 ^^@i-^^^^ffi?fl^^#^^il¥?^: GREAT WHITE HERON encouraged by the Dutch to build in their towns. Akind of false chimney is built by the inhabitants forthese birds to make their nests in. 176 woods natural history When the Stork cannot find a building on which tomake its nest, it chooses the flat spreading branches ofa cedar or pine, and there collects a large mass of sticksand twigs, on which it lays from three to five whitisheggs. When disturbed, the birds make a great clatter-ing with their bills. The food of this bird consists of rats, mice, frogs,etc., and it is for the benefit it confers upon man bydevouring these vermin that it is so carefully protectedand encouraged, especially in the East, where the in-habitants do not trouble themselves by removing car-rion or offal, but leave that office to the vultures,hyenas, and other scavengers of nature. The height ofthe Stork is nearly four feet. The African Adjutant, sometimes called the Mara-bou, has a large pouc