. The wonder of life. Biology; Natural history; Zoology. THE DRAMA OF LIFE 13 getting among birds—the blackbird gobbling the belated worm in the early morning, the thrush making a ' kitchen- midden ' of snail shells, the humming-bird sipping nectar from the flowers, the oyster-catcher jerking the hmpets ofi the sea-shore rocks, the woodcock probing for earth-. FiG. 3.—^A Scorpion, Euscorpius, holding a fly in one of its claws, or pedipalps, and piercing it with its sting. (After Lankester.) worms among the mould, the stately heron fishing by the side of the stream, the eagle in low flight sear
. The wonder of life. Biology; Natural history; Zoology. THE DRAMA OF LIFE 13 getting among birds—the blackbird gobbling the belated worm in the early morning, the thrush making a ' kitchen- midden ' of snail shells, the humming-bird sipping nectar from the flowers, the oyster-catcher jerking the hmpets ofi the sea-shore rocks, the woodcock probing for earth-. FiG. 3.—^A Scorpion, Euscorpius, holding a fly in one of its claws, or pedipalps, and piercing it with its sting. (After Lankester.) worms among the mould, the stately heron fishing by the side of the stream, the eagle in low flight searching the mountain-side for grouse, the secretary-bird striking the snakes in the South African karoo, the cross-bill deftly tearing up the cones on the fir trees. It seems certain that vultures and the like discover their prey by sight and not by smell. Sometimes they seem to keep definite ' preserves ' in the sky, and when one sees the carcass and descends upon it, his neighbour in the next ' preserve' follows suit, and another and another as the news passes through the heavens. A fine picture of this is given in Hiawatha— ' Never stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert On the sick or wounded 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 Thompson, John Arthur, Sir, 1861-1933. London, A. Melrose, Ltd
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