. The hunter-naturalist. : Romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Natural history; Hunting; Hunting. THK-H-ATUBALIBT DEVELOPING. 51-. when I tapped its sounding sides, to see the great soft black eyes and trembling whiskers of the velvety Flying Squirrel fill the round little hole before she darted out to sail down or, the creamy spread of her furred drapery;—as for the red- crested Flicker with his spotted breast, who loved this kind of house, too, I knew his droll ways better than his better- half herself, and many a sunshiny morning have I sat beneath and mocked his noisy la
. The hunter-naturalist. : Romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Natural history; Hunting; Hunting. THK-H-ATUBALIBT DEVELOPING. 51-. when I tapped its sounding sides, to see the great soft black eyes and trembling whiskers of the velvety Flying Squirrel fill the round little hole before she darted out to sail down or, the creamy spread of her furred drapery;—as for the red- crested Flicker with his spotted breast, who loved this kind of house, too, I knew his droll ways better than his better- half herself, and many a sunshiny morning have I sat beneath and mocked his noisy laugh and hammering rattle. I knew the Screech Owl stood to blink and stare on sleepy watch the livelong day, out from his door in that old hoUoW beech that held his little family of horned goblins warm within; and where the robber Hawk circled on moveless wing with plaintive cries at noonday, I knew his savage heart was yearning towards that huge oak's clustering top below—and. 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 Webber, Charles W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819-1856. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott, Grambo & co.
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