WAXWINGS.
MESSENGERS OF EVIL. Waxwings, said to have been seen recently in some southern countries in England, bear among superstitious people- a bad character for bringing political troubles, and even for predicting groat European wars. No doubt this sinister reputation is due largely to their rare visits, strange silence, an 1 erratic movements, while the mysterious marks on their wings, resembling red sealing-wax, confirmed the previous popular conviction of their diabolical origin. However, says a London paper, these weird b ; rds possess at least one joyous redeeming virtue. They are very good to eat, and furnished a highly-prized winter dish f*>r Russian gourmets in the day of Czardom.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 5
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108WAXWINGS. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 5
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