This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...confined chiefly to the short and even-tailed kinds, such as the common gray parrot, and several others. The tongues of the talking species are large, broad, and fleshy at the tips. Many interesting stories are told of the mimicry of these talking birds, and of the almost human intelligence they ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...confined chiefly to the short and even-tailed kinds, such as the common gray parrot, and several others. The tongues of the talking species are large, broad, and fleshy at the tips. Many interesting stories are told of the mimicry of these talking birds, and of the almost human intelligence they display. They seem to enjoy fun, although there is always a serious look on their faces, showing that, like the best humorists, they do not laugh at their own sport, however much they may be amused. A gray parrot in my neighborhood is a great whistler, and utters all sorts of shrill noises, which sound like a boy making fun of you. His home is just across the street from a church. One evening while the young people were having their prayer meeting I heard a queer whistling outside, and thought it must be a mischievous boy trying to disturb the service. The parrot had just come into the neighborhood, so that I was not yet acquainted with his tricks. I bore with the whistling as long as I could, and then hurried out of the church, to give that unmannerly young man a piece of my mind and order him from the premises. In vain I looked around for him. Where could he be? Presently I espied Mr. Parrot across the street on the porch of a friend's house. I stole back into the church without saying " nothin' to nobody," as the boys say; but I did not get much good out of the remainder of the meeting; I was too much amused at my blunder. A neighbor of mine had a parrot which possessed remarkable talking powers and was extremely jealous of any attention paid to her mistress by a stranger. The fact is, she wanted to put the ban on all visitors, and would sometimes attack them when she was given the freedom of the room. Of course, she...
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Add this copy of News From the Birds to cart. $26.84, very good condition, Sold by Buteo Books California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Rafael, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1898 by D. Appleton and Company.
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Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Front hinge just beginning to separate. Shelf wear. Record of the author's observations of birds. 'The reader is taken into the actual outdoors. ' One of the Appletons' Home Reading Books.
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