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	South African Museum - The Secretary Bird
		The head of a secretary bird has featured as the crest of the South African Museum’s coat-of-arms since it was designed by the then Curator, Roland Trimen, in 1876 and adopted by the Museum’s Trustees in 1877.
		The secretary bird crest features as prominently in the existing armorial bearings granted to the Museum by the State Herald in 1973 as it did in the original design, that was never a legally valid coat-of-arms.
		The popular name of secretary bird is derived from the fancied resemblance between the long lax feathers of its crest when raised to the quill pens worn behind a secretary’s ear in the last century.
	www.museums.org.za /sam/resource/ornothol/secreta.htm

	Bird families
		Medium-sized drab gray birds, feathers with hair-like form and long aftershafts, poorly waterproofed, head with crest, wings short and round, tail long and graduated, crest, 4 toes directed forward in pamprodactyl arrangement (outer toe is reversible).
		Eggs are buried, not incubated by the heat of the bird, and develop by environmental heat-- in mound-builders by decaying vegetation, with temperature regulated by the male, and in burrow nesters by geothermal volcanic heat or by solar heat on sand.
		Young are the most precocial of birds, have contour feathers when they hatch (feet first), leave the natal mound (scratch their way out while lying on their back), and feed on their own with no social behavior with other young and no other parental care.
	www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /birds/birddivresources/families.html (9999 words)

	BirdForum - UK Sea bird...?
		The crest will not always be visible especially if the bird has been diving.
		They are regularly seen at sea in winter, and at this time of year wouldn't necessarily show a crest.
		I thought of a grebe but a great crested grebe seems to be much whiter on the head and most of the neck.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=27514 (730 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dictionary - secretary bird
		[ Secretary from the supposed resemblance of the birdâs crest to quill pens stuck behind a secretaryâs ear ]
		long-legged African bird of prey: a large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds mainly on snakes.
		It has gray-and-black plumage and a crest projecting from the back of its head.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861710760 (730 words)

	Articles & info: an archive of information
		The Cardinal is also known as "Grosbeak", "Cardinal Bird", "Big Red", "Crested Redbird", and other various names in other localities.
		To be sure, the jay does have its quiet moments, as we will discuss later, but we usually see this bird as noisy, boisterous, even impudent at times, with little regard for its’ neighbors.
		In the middle ages, many references were written about demons in the appearance or form of long-eared, bulky-shaped owls who accompanied witches while on their nighttime broomstick flights and were seen soaring around carrying out wicked deeds for them.
	www.jjcardinal.com /info.htm (14594 words)

	BIRD - LoveToKnow Article on BIRD
		Birds possess an ear-muscle which at least acts as a tensor tympani; it arises near ~he,occipital condyle, passes through a hole into the tympanic :avity, and its tendon is, in various ways attached to the inside of the membrane and the neighboring extracolumellar processes.
		Birds which are restricted to, probably indigenous of the region: Rhea; Palamedea and Chauna, the screamers; Tinami; Psophia, Dicholophus, Eurypyga, Heliornis of the Gruiform assembly; Thinocorys and Attagis; Cracidae; Opisthocomus; of parrots Ara and Conurus with their allies; ivlonot,dae, md. Todus; Steatornis; Galbulinae and Bucconinae; Rhamphastidae; Formica rndae, Pteroptochidae, and of the Tyrannidae the Cotinginae.
		The wing of the bird is folded in a unique way, namely, the radius parallel with the humerus, and the whole wrist and hand with their ulnar side against the ulna; upper and forearm in a state of supination, the hand in that of strong abduction.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BI/BIRD.htm (14594 words)

	cardinal (bird) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about cardinal (bird)
		The general colour of the male is red with a bright red crest and black forehead and throat.
		Finchlike bird, species of Pyrrhuloxia of the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /cardinal+(bird) (108 words)

	Bird Song Tapes and CDs - communitymade.com
		CD, features a sampling of 60 species of birds and natural sounds in a series of 12 habitats in the Western United States, beginning on the rocky shores of the Pacific Ocean and progressing to the crest of the Cascade Mountains.
		Woodland Birds (CD):Calls and Songs of Birds of Deciduous Woodlands
		CD, features songs and calls of 33 species of birds which commonly come to landscaped backyards and feeding stations in the Western United States.
	www.communitymade.com /categories/bird-song.html (653 words)

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		The State Crest is represented by a symbolic figure of a wing-spread Kenyalang (hornbill) - the State bird - with a shield bearing the state flag on its chest.
		The crest became official on the same day as the current state flag.
		The hornbill's tail and wings are comprised of thirteen feathers or strips that represent the thirteen states in Malaysia.
	www.sarawak.gov.my /contents/general-info/state-crest.shtml (653 words)

	Secretary Bird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Secretary Bird is found in open grassy country in Africa south of the
		English name from a crest of long feathers reminiscent of the old quill pens which a secretary in earlier days would have used.
		It is a large bird of prey in the order Falconiformes, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_Bird (653 words)

	Chrysti the Wordsmith > Radio Scripts > Secretary Bird
		Attached to the back of the secretary bird's head and neck is a crest of long, black-tipped feathers which gives the creature a cockatoo-like appearance.
		Like the eagle, the secretary bird is a raptor that soars on a seven-foot wingspan and sports an aquiline beak for tearing at its prey.
		The spray of feathers at the bird's neck suggested a name to the first English speakers to encounter the bird in the 18th century, evoking the secretaries of the 1700s who stuck an abundance of feathered quill pens behind their ears or in their powdered wigs.
	www.wordsmithradio.org /scripts/secretarybird.html (653 words)

	Secretarybird family
		The long black crest, flowing down like a ponytail in this shot, can be elevated when the bird is excited or alert.
		Birds are usually encountered in pairs as they walk through their large territories.
		The Secretarybird has always been placed in its own monotypic family near the birds of prey, and molecular analysis confirms a relationship with the falcons and hawks, on the one hand, and the storks on the other (in flight, the Secretarybird does recall a stork).
	montereybay.com /creagrus/secretarybird.html (653 words)

	birdtours.co.uk - Merlin Bird Tours Birding Calendar
		A small green bird in the dense hedgerow, a stunning goldcrest in the winter sunshine, confiding, as ever, its crest is dazzling. Spikey our cocker spaniel disturbs a few snipe from a ditch.
		Some birds may have been missed but quite one action packed day and we only drove forty miles between 9am and home for 6pm. Our customers are continuously amazed by the hospitality they receive every evening — best food.
		The first day of autumn proved to be inspirational. West Wales had been battered by strong winds from the south-west for a couple of days. The front had passed over and the wind was now from the north-west with sunshine. The coastguard lookout was full of eager birders.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/wales/wales2/s-wales.htm (1480 words)

	Bird Biographies
		This bird is a huge-billed all black cockatoo with a large crest and red facial skin.
		In immature birds, the feathers of the underwing coverts and underparts are edged with pale yellow.
		This species is under pressure from habitat loss, trade, and reportedly hunting in the vicinity of human habitation in New Guinea; a common method being to fire arrows smeared with sticky resin at roosting birds.
	www.naturalencounters.com /abby3a.html (1942 words)

	Rainforests -- Wildlife of the Amazon
		The umbrella birds (genus Cephalopterus), found from Central America to Argentina, have a black, umbrellalike crest, which is raised and expanded during courtship displays, and feathered throat wattles nearly as long as the bird itself.
		What this pigeon-sized bird lacks in physical stature it makes up for in audacious plumage: vivid, shimmering green which ignites in the sunshine, flashing emerald to golden and back to iridescent green.
		Although there is great variation in appearance among these birds, all have broad bills with slightly hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong short legs.
	www.freewebs.com /katiewhite/birds.htm (838 words)

	RAF Meole Brace & Croydon. Harold Bird - Aircrew Association Interactive Forum
		Harold, brother of Toby Allen Bird, served at Meole Brace nr Shewsbury.
		My Grandfather, passed a year ago, I think he was 34 MU, crest has a squirrel on it, looking for any details, freinds or stories from there.
		Near RAF Atcham, he pulled a few US Pilots from aircraft, also served at Croydon for some time, always shared a story that he and a few mates were re-arming a spit or Hurricane and as they turned the prop a round went off, anyway maybe someone out there is still around that remebers Harold.
	www.aircrew.org.uk /ubb/Forum3/HTML/000184.html (838 words)

	Northern Cardinal
		Description: Northern Cardinals are a medium-sized songbird (approximately 8.75 inches in length) with short, rounded wings, a long tail, a heavy conical bill, and a crest.
		The common and familiar Northern Cardinal is a bird whose range has expanded northward in the last 100 years.
		Cardinals are noted for their loud, clear whistled songs, often sung from a high treetop song post.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/NORCAR (612 words)

	Wading Birds
		A large grey bird with a white head, black crest, yellowish bill and black legs.
		A dark brownish-black bird with glossy iridescent green or purple.
		A white bird with a slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/research/urbaneco/Marta%27s/wadingbirds.html (202 words)

	Bird Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alice Bird who settled in Virginia in 1652; Richard Bird settled in Virginia in 1635; John Bird settled in the Barbados in 1663; Susan Bird who settled in Virginia in 1642.
		The Anglo-Saxon name Bird comes from its first bearer, who was a person who worked as a bird catcher or someone who had birdlike characteristics.
		It is hard to say exactly when man first came to the lands that were to become the British Isles, but it can be said with certainty that Paleolithic tribes were flourishing there by 8000 BC.
	www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Bird (1253 words)

	China 2004 trip list
		For tiny birds (size of bushtits) they are very colorful with a silky gray crest.
		For me the rarest and most interesting bird of the trip was a male singing in extensive short-grass prairie north of Baichengzhi on the Manchurian plain [photos on page two of the trip report].
		This is a dramatic bird and some voted it "bird of the trip" without regard for its wide range and overall abundance.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/China2004list.html (8318 words)

	secretary bird - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about secretary bird
		The secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius feeds mainly on snakes and lizards, and inhabits the dry uplands regions of Africa.
		It is about 1.2 m/4 ft tall, with an erectile head crest tipped with black.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /secretary+bird (8318 words)

	secretary bird. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		A large African bird of prey (Sagittarius serpentarius) with long legs and a crest of quills at the back of the head.
	www.aol.bartleby.com /61/63/S0206300.html (8318 words)

	Prehistoric bird fossil found in China
		The bird -- named Hongshanornis longicresta for an early Chinese culture that lived in the same region -- had a distinctive head crest, long legs, short wings and a pointed beak.
		The finely preserved fossil reveals a small relative of modern birds that lived around lakeshores also inhabited by dinosaurs.
		Experts say the new type of wading bird provides important clues to the evolution of later birds, National Geographic News reported Wednesday.
	www.physorg.com /news9077.html (401 words)

	Little Bunting Breeding Male - Percevia Male Female Juvenile
		This bird also has longer legs and a slight crest.
		Similar to this bird is the Rustic Bunting which is larger and lacks the eye ring, has a heavier bill with a pink lower mandible.
		● Similar species: Similar to this bird is the Rustic Bunting which is larger and lacks the eye ring, has a heavier bill with a pink lower mandible.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/701/target.aspx (401 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Ivory-billed Woodpecker
		A shiny blue-black in color with extensive white markings on its wings and neck, this bird is distinguished by its pure white bill and by a prominent top crest, red in the male and black in the female.
		Forest And Rangeland Birds Of The United States Natural History And Habitat Use Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Campephilus Principalis RANGE: Formerly Resident From Eastern Texas, Southeastern Oklahoma, Northeastern Arkansas, Southeastern Missouri, Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Kentucky, And Southeastern North Carolina South To The Gulf Coast, Southern Florida, And Cuba....
		The Photo Gallery Resources March 18, 2002 The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Was One Of North Americas Showiest And Most-Revered Birds....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/2507.html (401 words)

	Cedar Crest Backyard Bird List
		Photo at right is view from inside the upstairs window of our former home in Cedar Crest, NM, at dawn in February, looking west at the east face of the southern spine of the Sandia Mountains (Canon A40).
		Sandia Crest, at 10,678 feet elevation, is an easy 14 mile drive up from our home, and has become famous for its winter flock of all three species of Rosy-finch (see link below).
		Pine Grosbeaks are regular but rare winter visitors to the Crest, which gets over 11 feet of snow in an average year (compared to our 40 inches).
	www.rosyfinch.com /birdlist.html (2899 words)

	Stock photo of Secretary Bird
		africa, african, beak, bird, crest, exotic, falconry, feathers, portrait, secretary
	www.shutterstock.com /pic-336940.html (2899 words)

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		This bird's name starts with a "C." It is a bright red bird with a crest on its...
		This bird's name is an imitation of its call which has also been thought to...
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	bigappliance.com /bird-name.html (2899 words)

	dark waters -- jump in
		It is the phoenix, the bird of fire.
		The birds flew with the Phoenix to the temple of the sun that the Egyptians had built at Heliopolis, city of the sun.
		The Pheonix resembles some sort of eagle or raptor (though it is often depicted as having a crest) that is either on fire or in most cases it is made of fire.
	www.freewebs.com /georginascats2/phoenixgold.htm (2899 words)

	Bird Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alice Bird who settled in Virginia in 1652; Richard Bird settled in Virginia in 1635; John Bird settled in the Barbados in 1663; Susan Bird who settled in Virginia in 1642.
		The Anglo-Saxon name Bird comes from its first bearer, who was a person who worked as a bird catcher or someone who had birdlike characteristics.
		Cornwall was originally home to a people known as the Dumnonians, who were comprised of three tribes of ancient Britons known as the Veniti, the Curiovolitae, and the Asismii.
	www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Bird (1253 words)

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