. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 168 OMNIVOIUll n BIRDS. to n cage on her eggs, nn wliicli, with resoltun and fatnl infliH<<t .Ot(. .-^muined fuithfuly until she ex;)ired. Thu »! iliimort Itird, thougli I'lUirnlly why and suspicioiiB, urobab!) < . £;ieaterheciirity Ironi mort' dangerous encinieB, s;onerally cbooses Tor bis nost the birgcst and tallewt spread- ing Uxtjs near Carm-liouHcs, and along lr»Miuenttd lanes and roads ; and trusting to the inaccessiblonss of bis ingenious man:«ion, be works fearlessly, an
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 168 OMNIVOIUll n BIRDS. to n cage on her eggs, nn wliicli, with resoltun and fatnl infliH<<t .Ot(. .-^muined fuithfuly until she ex;)ired. Thu »! iliimort Itird, thougli I'lUirnlly why and suspicioiiB, urobab!) < . £;ieaterheciirity Ironi mort' dangerous encinieB, s;onerally cbooses Tor bis nost the birgcst and tallewt spread- ing Uxtjs near Carm-liouHcs, and along lr»Miuenttd lanes and roads ; and trusting to the inaccessiblonss of bis ingenious man:«ion, be works fearlessly, and scarcely studies con- cealment. But, as 'â <â < r young arc batcbcd, here, towards the close ot June, the whole begin to leave the immediate neiglibourbood of their cares, Hit through the woods, a shy, roving, and nearly silent train; and when ready for the distant journey before them, about the end of August or beginning of September, the uhole at once disappear; and probably arrive, as with us, amidst the forests of South Anx-rica, in a scattered flock, and continue, like Starlings, to pass the winter in celibacy, wholly engaged in gleaning a fpiiet subsistence until the return of sprinsj;. Then, incited by instinct to prepare for a more powerli ' passion, they again wing their way to the regions ol the north ; where, but for t!. t won- derful providential instinct of migration, the whole race would perish in a singh season. As the sexes usually arrive in dilferent flocks, it is evident, thai the conjugi tie teases at the period of migration, as id the choice of mates is renewed with the seasoi â during which the malc^ carry oi. their jealous disputes with much t.»)â .!⢠ina- cy. From the similnrity in the circumstances of mating among most other igratory birds, ii would appear that they obpv the san -iw, depeii'ling on the na- ture of the sex al feeling, which in autumn is nearly ai Please note that these images are
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