Children's own library . NIGHT HERON AND BOATBILL, 178 woods natural history as the inundation subsides. It is about the size of anordinary fowl. The Curlew is spread over the whole of the OldWorld, from South Africa to the polar regions. In. THE SACRED IBIS winter it collects in large flocks on the muddy shoresof the sea, where its long curved bill can easily pene-trate in search of food. The Avocet. The bill in this bird is exactly thereverse of that of the Curlew, the curve being upward
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