. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. PASSERINE BIRDS. 429 These birds feed on grain and seeds, more especially flax-seed; they, likewise eat beech-nuts and hazel-nuts, the latter of which they fix firmly in some crevice, and then pierce them by repeated blows of their sharp Fig. 356.—nuthatch. The Creepers (Ceri7i/a) have their beak compressed and slender, more or less bent like a bow, and triangular: tlieir tail is slanting,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. PASSERINE BIRDS. 429 These birds feed on grain and seeds, more especially flax-seed; they, likewise eat beech-nuts and hazel-nuts, the latter of which they fix firmly in some crevice, and then pierce them by repeated blows of their sharp Fig. 356.—nuthatch. The Creepers (Ceri7i/a) have their beak compressed and slender, more or less bent like a bow, and triangular: tlieir tail is slanting,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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