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Birds as Astronomical Objects

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THE following note which appears in the last number of Stray Feathers (iii. p. 419), seems to deserve more attention from astronomers than it will perhaps receive unless published where it will meet the eyes of others than Indian ornithologists. I beg leave, therefore, to ask that it may be reproduced in NATURE.

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NEWTON, A. Birds as Astronomical Objects. Nature 13, 447 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/013447a0

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