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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