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the colfax chronicle (colfax, grant parish, la.) 1877-1981 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1893-04-15
Location: colfax, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the colfax chronicle (colfax, grant parish, la.) 1877-1981 · 1893-04-15 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1893-04-15 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... egg of AEpyornis, the extinct giant bird of Madagascar, and obtained from South ern Madagascar, was exhibited at a re cent meeting of the Zoological society of London. It will be remembered that this egg is about thirteen inches long and of the capacity of 150 hen's eggs. --Co-operative or joint stock farming Is being conducted on a large scale in the region of the Dombes lying between Blourg-Enbresse and Lyons, France. "Plantations, drainage, artificial ma nures have in twenty year., reduced the area of marsh land by two-thirds, in creased the population by one-third. and in the same proportion diminished mortality." -The staple of fool for the 300,000 natives of Natal and the Zulus ...

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