. Birds . ebone. Theshafts of the quills are remarkably strong and elastic inall species ; but in a few they are expanded to an extra-ordinary degree at the base, and nearly equal thebreadth of the plume. yb THE FRIGATE-BIRD. The same arrangement is made in other short-winged birds migrate, it is to short if we turn to the frigate-bird, which is met withhundreds of leagues from land, we may discover wingsprepared for extraordinary speed, and a want of thatclose and downy texture in the general plumage whichmarks a bird designed to dwell on the surface of thedeep, bec
. Birds . ebone. Theshafts of the quills are remarkably strong and elastic inall species ; but in a few they are expanded to an extra-ordinary degree at the base, and nearly equal thebreadth of the plume. yb THE FRIGATE-BIRD. The same arrangement is made in other short-winged birds migrate, it is to short if we turn to the frigate-bird, which is met withhundreds of leagues from land, we may discover wingsprepared for extraordinary speed, and a want of thatclose and downy texture in the general plumage whichmarks a bird designed to dwell on the surface of thedeep, because its province is not the water, but the , to take only one more instance, the wandering alba-tross has been observed between six and seven hundredleagues from land, in the middle of the Southern Ocean :it is not exceeded, therefore, by any bird in the vastspread of its wing; and hence it can sail before thewind, or make way against it, as if that element weresubject to its control. THE SONG THE LARK. THE SONG BIRD. CHAPTER I. MLSIC OF BIRDS VARIETY OF TONES— STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANS OF VOICE OP SONG BIRDS. The music of birds arose towards heaven beforethe creation of man. Adam and Eve could not haveheard their melody without lively emotions, and fromtheir days to ours, multitudes have felt with the poetwhen he said :— A few, with melody untaught, Turned all the air to music, within hearing. Themselves unseen ; while Ijolder quiristers, On loftiest branches, strained their clarion pipes, And made the forest echo to their screams Discordant. Yet, there was no discord there, But tempered harmony ; all tones combining. In the rich confluence of ten thousand tongues. To tell of joy, and to inspire it. Who Could hear such concert, and not join in chorus ? Not I. 100 DIVINE WISDOM AND GOODNESS. The general interest felt in the present subject hasdictated its selection, with the hope that it may aid inimpressing the mind of the reader with the greatness andgoodness
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