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CHAP. 65.—THE FOOD OF BIRDS.

All the heavy birds are frugivorous; while those with a higher flight feed upon flesh only. Among the aquatic birds, the divers1 are in the habit of devouring what the other birds have disgorged.

1 More especially the Larus parasiticus, Cuvier says.

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