. The bird. Birds. 332 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. to seize on the wliite worm {ver lilanc) which, for three years before metamorphosing into a cockchafer, gnaws at the roots of our grasses. Here we pause, not to weary our reader, and yet the list of useful birds is scarcely glanced Page 228. The woodpecJxer, as an augur.—^Are the methods of observation adopted by meteorology serious and efficacious ? Some men of science doubt it. It might, perhaps, be worth while examining if we could not deduce any part of the meteorology of the ancients from their divination by birds. The principal passages ar
. The bird. Birds. 332 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. to seize on the wliite worm {ver lilanc) which, for three years before metamorphosing into a cockchafer, gnaws at the roots of our grasses. Here we pause, not to weary our reader, and yet the list of useful birds is scarcely glanced Page 228. The woodpecJxer, as an augur.—^Are the methods of observation adopted by meteorology serious and efficacious ? Some men of science doubt it. It might, perhaps, be worth while examining if we could not deduce any part of the meteorology of the ancients from their divination by birds. The principal passages are pointed out in Pauly's Encyclopaedia (Stuttgard), article Divinatio. "The woodpecker is a favoured bird in the steppes of Poland and Russia. In these sparsely wooded plains he constantly directs his course towards the trees ; by following him, you discover a hidden ravine, a little later some springs, and finalfy descend towards the river. Under the bird's guidance you may thus explore and recon- noitre the ; (Mickiewicz, Les Slaves, vol. i., p. 200.). 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 Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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