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Birds of All Feathers Flock Together

���A paradise for birds at Darien, Con- necticut. Ducks mix with pigeons, swans, geese, cranes and all their feathered cousins and live a contented life apart from gunners and poachers. They are bred from purest stock £nd sold to the owners of private estates

��The crown pigeon is an orna- mented member of the Darien colony, and by far the proudest. He doesn't associate with the web-foots. There is a steady demand among the collectors for prize birds in the pigeon family

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