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[Illustration: THE EAGLE.]




                     MAMMA'S
              STORIES ABOUT BIRDS.

 BY THE AUTHOR OF "CHICKSEED WITHOUT CHICKWEED."


                 [Illustration]


                     LONDON:
          DARTON AND CO., HOLBORN HILL.




 LONDON:
 WILLIAM STEVENS, PRINTER, 37, BELL YARD,
 TEMPLE BAR.




CONTENTS.


 THE EAGLE                 7
 THE DUCK                 17
 THE QUAIL                27
 THE ROBIN REDBREAST      35
 THE BULLFINCH            43
 THE ALBATROSS            48
 THE OWL                  56
 THE GOOSE                64
 THE MAGPIE               75
 THE PHEASANT             81
 THE FLAMINGO             87
 THE SWAN                 92
 THE KESTREL             100
 THE VULTURE             109
 THE PARROT              117
 THE LAPWING             122




MAMMA'S STORIES ABOUT BIRDS.




THE EAGLE.


The Eagle is often called the King of Birds, and therefore it is of him
that we ought to speak first. Very likely you have often seen eagles in
the Zoological Gardens, and, if so, you know what noble looking birds
they are. But they seem very sad in their prison-houses, to which no
kindness can ever attach them. They are formed to soar boldly to the top
of some lonely mountain height, and there dwell far from the abode of
men. And to chain them down upon a stunted branch, within reach of all
who like to go and gaze upon them, seems treating them unworthily. One
can almost fancy that they show by their sullen, brooding attitude