. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE TAlLOR-l'.irj). 271 i and lichons, )nc wlio Mas t tlie side, so 3 is ol)soi'vod, linuso for li,.,. pouts, liolliiw ciitric in its would .si'icet. icli had l)(('ii lioiiso in the furious little fs aud young in nnniLor. in llie sanie «)ns it is not v the sake of upoless mass composed of ving' account 1 the natural zen or more, 'â severity of iuff up tlicir dliven them ally setthn,"; conilbrtable jljserved. I > year, witli, he the case, ds aud their new season accustoiriOd tlieni alii
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE TAlLOR-l'.irj). 271 i and lichons, )nc wlio Mas t tlie side, so 3 is ol)soi'vod, linuso for li,.,. pouts, liolliiw ciitric in its would .si'icet. icli had l)(('ii lioiiso in the furious little fs aud young in nnniLor. in llie sanie «)ns it is not v the sake of upoless mass composed of ving' account 1 the natural zen or more, 'â severity of iuff up tlicir dliven them ally setthn,"; conilbrtable jljserved. I > year, witli, he the case, ds aud their new season accustoiriOd tlieni aliim- lier liciaiiio I tree, ahout Uilile(l uiinn h'd thiX'c or ny Ids hack n cdinlitiiiii, ilanuel, ami ich, and the until at la^t f contaiuinjj' it theliil (if '. All those the ^n'narlctl ink running y by scarlet. I icy weie so tile i\u|^ ami 't geraiiiuni f,.]] upon the sancor of fooa, and immediatelv seemed to innuenee the -tYrens who came ' and Hyuif; nearer and nearer, until thev were hold enonol, to taste the'f\,od 'l-or several days th(! geramum hlossums were used as a decov, hut tlie little birds soon became sn ianiduir that th(>y needed iiu such allurement, w(nild crowd round the saucer as soon as it was placed on the {^ronnd. In the of the aliove-niciitioned writer a curious anecdote is ivlated where a pair of llycatchers Mho had made a nest and laid three eggs were ousted by a party of youn- Wivns )usl able to ily. Tiie little -^ i J J o liinls iiiul probably lieen ejected IVoiii home for the first time, and seeing so comfortable a nest, had taken possession of it. I have (il'teii observed the same conduct in many young canaries, for when- ever a family of tlie neuiy-llcdged hiids is tnriu'd out of the nest, tliey i;eneially \vend their way to the home of some other female, and instal themselves in ] of her nest and eggs before she is aware of their intentions. The title (.f "Kitty AVren," whieli is often given to tliis
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