LONGEVITY OF BIRDS
ft it' a well known fiicl) that birds enjoy much longer terms of life than do mammals, ileaiod mid Pliny ! oth tell uh of rooks that lived co th<- painarclnl a^e of 700 years, and that the average life of a raven was 240 years 1 How far this was oriocfc wo cannot de'ennine. It is woll known that they outlive man. Whilo swans havo been known to live 200 years, chafQncho 1 * and nightingales have been kept in contiuement for foity yeais Giravdin tolls ns that ho had a horon tor (if'y two yoar« ; and that ho know of (wo htoiks that built their nests in the same place f»>i' foity yoara. — .'xch.ingo.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7390, 15 June 1892, Page 4
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117LONGEVITY OF BIRDS North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7390, 15 June 1892, Page 4
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