MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,

PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

TO SYBIL,

WITH HER AUNT'S LOVE.

It may perhaps be as well to state that the following Bird Legends are gleaned from Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, and Eastern sources. The settings alone are original.

CONTENTS.

LEGENDS FROM THE FEATHERED WORLD-

WHY THE CUCKOO DOES NOT BUILD A NEST OF HER OWN,

THE HOOPOE'S CREST OF FEATHERS, AND THE Vulture's

THE MAGPIE, wren, LapwING, AND WOODPECKER,

THE CRUETS,

THE FAIRY LOBELIA,

KING BOO'S NURSERY,

THE GOOD OLD RABBIT,

THE BAG OF TROUBLES AND THE BAG OF JOYS,

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UNLIMITED CHEESE,

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