. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 12 iNTnonucTioff. I patcliei of liolipn, gives lit-r netit the ni)|)enrnnre of a mow grown knot. A Hiiiiiliir tirtifici' in eniplnypd l>y iir Yellow BreiiMteii Fly- catrlier or Viren, mid olliefH. Tlii" (loidt-n-CrowiUMl TliriiHli (Si/lvia aurocapilla) inald'H ii ih'mI liku iiii oven, tTiHtinj; an arch over it, ao perttictly reHembling the tiiHHiirii in 'vhit;h it m concealed, that it ii only disroverahle by the emotion of the female when Hturtled from iti) rovert. The lJuti!her-t>iril Ih s
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 12 iNTnonucTioff. I patcliei of liolipn, gives lit-r netit the ni)|)enrnnre of a mow grown knot. A Hiiiiiliir tirtifici' in eniplnypd l>y iir Yellow BreiiMteii Fly- catrlier or Viren, mid olliefH. Tlii" (loidt-n-CrowiUMl TliriiHli (Si/lvia aurocapilla) inald'H ii ih'mI liku iiii oven, tTiHtinj; an arch over it, ao perttictly reHembling the tiiHHiirii in 'vhit;h it m concealed, that it ii only disroverahle by the emotion of the female when Hturtled from iti) rovert. The lJuti!her-t>iril Ih said to draw around him hin feathered victims by trearherou«ly imitalinji their notes. The Kinjrfisher of Europe in believed to allure his prey by displaying the brilliancy of his colors, ns he sits near some seijuestereil place on the margin of a rivulet; the fish, attracted by llie spleiidnr of liis flMllering and expanded wings, are detained, while the wily fiMher takes an un- erring aiii. * The Krne, and our Hald Eagle, gain a great part of their subsistence by watching tlie success of the Fish-llawk, and robbing him of liis finny prey as soon as it is caught. In tlie same way also tlie rapacious Burgomaster or tilaucus (iull (iMrnn fflaucu.^) of the North, levies his tribute of food from all the smaller species of his race, who knowing his strength and ferocity, are seldom in- clined to dispute his piratical clainiH. Heveral species of t'nckoo, and the Cow-Trnopial of America, hiibitually deposit their eggs in tlie nests of otiier small birds, to whose deceived affection are com- mitted the preservation and rearing of the parasitic and vagrant brood. The instinctive arts fif birds are numerous; but treachery, like that which obtains in these parasitic species, is among tlie rarest expedients of nature in the feathered tribes; though not un- common among some insect families. The art dispjuyeil by birds in the construction of their temporary habitations, or nests, is
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