— Certain birds reem to possess a remarkable instinct for surgery. The. wOodcoefcj the partridge; and some others are said to be able to dress their wounds with considerable bIcUI. A naturalist observes that ho ha« shot several woodcock that were recovering from wounds previously received. In every instance he found the injury neatly dressed with down plucked from the stems of feathers and skilfully arranged over tho wormd, evidently by the long beak of the bird. In cth« fcfccs ligatures ; had been applied to wounded or broken limbs. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS' stimulates in ».»#* '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13516, 13 February 1906, Page 5
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92Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 Otago Daily Times, Issue 13516, 13 February 1906, Page 5
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