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BIRDS IN LEGEND

FABLE AND FOLKLORE

St. Francis Preaching to the Birds.
Attributed to Giotto

BIRDS IN LEGEND
FABLE AND FOLKLORE

BY

ERNEST INGERSOLL

Author of “The Life of Mammals,” “Nature’s Calendar,” “The Wit of the Wild,” etc.: and Secretary of the Authors Club, New York

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.

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1923

Copyright, 1923, by

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