. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . REAT STAG-BEETLE. 47J times known, bj means of their jaws, to carry burning coals into the houses;and that, incon-sequenceof this, dread-ful fires havobeen occasion-ed. It is a sing-u 1 a r circum-stance respect-i n g t ii e 8 einsects, that 1 have frequently found several of their heads
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . REAT STAG-BEETLE. 47J times known, bj means of their jaws, to carry burning coals into the houses;and that, incon-sequenceof this, dread-ful fires havobeen occasion-ed. It is a sing-u 1 a r circum-stance respect-i n g t ii e 8 einsects, that 1 have frequently found several of their heads near together, andalive, while the trunks and abdomens were nowhere to be seen; some-times only the abdomens were gone, and the neads and trunks were this takes place, I never could discover. An intimate and intelli-gent friend of mine supposes, however, thai it must have been in conse- qence of severe battles which at timestake place among these, the fiercest ofthe insect tribes: but their mouths notseeming formed for animal food, he isat a loss to conjecture what becomesof the abdomens. They do not fly untilmost of the birds have retired to rest;and indeed, if we were to suppose thatany of these devoured them, it wouldbe difl&cult to say why the heads or trunks should alone be RHINOOBBOUB BKETUS.
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