. Stories about birds, with pictures to match . looking out for danger, the momentan enemy is discovered, notice is given to thecompany, and they instantly take to is in vain that the cunning hunter creepscautiously and stealthily along toward themwithout making any noise. They are too wideawake to allow the enemy to approach near STOKIES ABOUT BIRDS. enough, to hit them with the contents of a fowl-ing-piece. Thej are sometimes run down bygreyhounds, however. When they have beeneating too much, so that they cannot move asrapidly as they otherwise could, the greyhoundsucceeds in tirin
. Stories about birds, with pictures to match . looking out for danger, the momentan enemy is discovered, notice is given to thecompany, and they instantly take to is in vain that the cunning hunter creepscautiously and stealthily along toward themwithout making any noise. They are too wideawake to allow the enemy to approach near STOKIES ABOUT BIRDS. enough, to hit them with the contents of a fowl-ing-piece. Thej are sometimes run down bygreyhounds, however. When they have beeneating too much, so that they cannot move asrapidly as they otherwise could, the greyhoundsucceeds in tiring them out and capturing bustard runs off, when he sees the dog,and flaps his wings, so as to gather air enough■under them to enable him to rise. In themean time, the enemy approaches nearer andnearer, till it is too late for the bird to thinkof obtaining safety by flight; for, just as hebegins to rise in the air, as the bird himselfvery well knows, there is always a loss of is obliged to continue on foot, and so he STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 805
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