. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE KODDY. 639 which arises from the refuse food that is suffered to putrefy in the very nest. There are very many sea-birds which hatch their young on the shelves of precipitous rocks, arid of them I have chosen for an example the bird which is called the Noddy {Anous siolidus). It is a species of Tern, and has long been celebrated among sailors for the ease with which it can be captured, especially if the day- light has The Noddy. The Noddy tao
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE KODDY. 639 which arises from the refuse food that is suffered to putrefy in the very nest. There are very many sea-birds which hatch their young on the shelves of precipitous rocks, arid of them I have chosen for an example the bird which is called the Noddy {Anous siolidus). It is a species of Tern, and has long been celebrated among sailors for the ease with which it can be captured, especially if the day- light has The Noddy. The Noddy taostly chooses for its nesting - place some lofty precipice, and generally lays its eggs upon a shelf of the rock. Sometimes, but rarely, it takes a fancy to some low and thick bush, and in any case is but an indifferent architect. Often the nest is nothing more than a heap of sea-weed, on the top of which is excavated a very slight hollow; and in no case does the bird seem to exercise any skill in the disposition of materials. As it returns year after year to the same spot, and never clears away the old nest, it manages in time to accumulate a heap of sea-weed that is sometimes more than two feet in thickness, and of consid-. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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