THE BIRD OF DEATH
Guinea is the. abode, of the most -J wonderful leathered creature known to tho student of ornithologv—tho awful i rpir n'doob, 'or "bird of death:!' . Tho > venom of this bird is; more deadly than " \ that of any sorpeiit e.-cceot the cobra. In ] fact, no. antidote for the bite of - tho v i creature is known. . A wound-from its i beak. causes excruciating pains in every ■ ! part of tho body, loss of sight • sneech,' j and hearing,-, convulsions,- lockjaw; and j certain death. .■ ' " 1
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 11
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87THE BIRD OF DEATH Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 11
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