. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. eluding the hunter, seeming to detect at a glance the differ- Fig. ws. ence between a person going quietly about his business and one " on mis- chief ; The Blue Jay's pleasing plumage is in startling contrast with the harsh notes of its ordinary song. Though irritable and quarrelsome, it has been tamed and taught to pronounce cer- tain words. It is of great service in V .Jk^Sa^B^^ planting the seeds of forest trees and in devouring, during the winter sea- son, the eggs of the destructive tent- caterpillar. Ploceidae.—The Weaver-birds are Cya
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. eluding the hunter, seeming to detect at a glance the differ- Fig. ws. ence between a person going quietly about his business and one " on mis- chief ; The Blue Jay's pleasing plumage is in startling contrast with the harsh notes of its ordinary song. Though irritable and quarrelsome, it has been tamed and taught to pronounce cer- tain words. It is of great service in V .Jk^Sa^B^^ planting the seeds of forest trees and in devouring, during the winter sea- son, the eggs of the destructive tent- caterpillar. Ploceidae.—The Weaver-birds are Cyannra eristata. Blue Jay. i found only in India and Africa, and are named from the inimitable construction of their nests. Some are pendent from the twigs of tall trees overhanging a stream, and are shaped like an inverted bottle or chemical retort, with a long tube for the entrance, made of fibres so loosely put to- gether that a reptile would drop off into the water. Others similarly suspended are pyramidal in shape and divided into two chambers—the outer, perhaps, for the use of the male and the inner. for the eggs. The Sociable Weaver- Urd is polygamous. A colony of two or three hundred con- Mg. Nest of Sociable Weaver-bird. having its tliroat-feathers oval and close; while those of the raven are sharp and scattered. The Rook (0. frugUegus), so familiar to every European traveler and which congregates in flocks about churches and old ruins, does not eat carrion. The fondness of the raven for such food explains why the one sent from the Ark by Noah returned no more to 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 Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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