. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . bulky a bird, it is able to flywith considerable facility, and to a great height, owingin part to the extreme lightness of its skeleton, whichdoes not weigh above a pound and a half. All thelarger bones are hollow, and there is also an immensequantity of air contained under the skin. Excepting inthe northern latitudes, this bird is found in abundancein every quarter of the glob
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . bulky a bird, it is able to flywith considerable facility, and to a great height, owingin part to the extreme lightness of its skeleton, whichdoes not weigh above a pound and a half. All thelarger bones are hollow, and there is also an immensequantity of air contained under the skin. Excepting inthe northern latitudes, this bird is found in abundancein every quarter of the globe, particularly near themouths of large rivers, as those of the Danube, andthe shores of the Caspian and Red Seas; they arevery common in Africa, on the borders of the Senegaland the Gambia, and are called by the negroes Pok~ko; the Arabians call it Djimmel el bahar, or theriver camel, and Sarcari, the water carrier. Itperches on trees, but does not nestle there, but builds 106 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. its nest on the ground. After rilling its pouch withfish, it often retires to some lonely spot at a great dis-tance. We have often seen one of the species/*says the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, sitting on the. THE WHITE PELICAN. ledge of a rock, a foot or two above the surface of thewater,in pensive silence, during the whole day; the con-tinuity of its proceeding being only interrupted at dis-tant intervals by the near approach of some unluckyfish, upon which it darted with unerring certainty, andthen resumed its wonted stillness. At other times, wehave observed them urging their way with rapid flight,thirty or forty miles into the country, after a daysfishing, to feast in the lonely wilderness upon the con- THE CORMORANT. 107 tents of their well-stored pouches; and were then re-minded of the words, I am like a pelican of the wil-derness. Psal. cii. 6. The pelican is also mentionedin Lev. xi. 18; Deut. xiv. 17; Isa. xxxiv. 11; andZeph. ii. 14. In the two last passages the cor
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