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HTML

<ul>
    <li>Cats</li>
    <li>Dogs</li>
    <li>Birds</li>
    <li>Snakes</li>
    <li>Spiders</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

var $item = $('li:contains("Birds")').detach();
$('ul').append($item);