. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. TIIK SAVANyATI BLAfKIili;!). 5^9 tiocnunt for this romarkablo ol' thi; KuniiMiiii , fur to cmi'iMc^r ns nn orror wlmt till! wisdom of Heavmi liiis iniitoscd an n duty upon tli,. .spocicH, I will nniv rniiiuk' tliiit tlic Iiird now bcluiv uh imilds its own nest, luitclK s iis nun (Hms, and rcuis its own yoiuiu; and, in i:onjii-al and paicntal air(rti(.n, sicnis nowise ludnndTny ofils nei-ddjuurs of tlir ^rovo. " Kurly ill ^Fiiy tlioy to pair, wlion ( b
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. TIIK SAVANyATI BLAfKIili;!). 5^9 tiocnunt for this romarkablo ol' thi; KuniiMiiii , fur to cmi'iMc^r ns nn orror wlmt till! wisdom of Heavmi liiis iniitoscd an n duty upon tli,. .spocicH, I will nniv rniiiuk' tliiit tlic Iiird now bcluiv uh imilds its own nest, luitclK s iis nun (Hms, and rcuis its own yoiuiu; and, in i:onjii-al and paicntal air(rti(.n, sicnis nowise ludnndTny ofils nei-ddjuurs of tlir ^rovo. " Kurly ill ^Fiiy tlioy to pair, wlion ( battles talc(> ,,lftoo anion-' tin- males Alidut till! tontli of tliat month tlicy i!oniniciici> lauldin.^. Tli,, ]â.st is nsnallv iixt'd iiiiKHii,' tho lioii/ontal 'S of an appie-tnr; sonielinirs in a solitary thorn end) or irdiir, in so > ii'tiivd of this woods, it is 'd. with litth; art, and'scan'el v niiy concavity, of small sticks and twif,'s, intermixed with ;,Mven weeds and hlossonis of the rnmiiKm nmplo. On this almost Hat Led, {h> e-j^s, nsnally tlnvt- or four in num'her are placed ; these are of a uniform -nvnish liliie colour, and of a si/e to that ol tlu' ^\hile the female is sittiii-', the male is generally not far distant and jrives the ahirm, by his notes, when any jierson is aiiproachinjr, Thi' female sits s,, dose that you may almost reach her with your hand, and then precipitates herself to tin' -reuud, fei^'iiin^' lameness, to draw you away from the spot, llulterin- tnuliii.' her wiii"8 and tumbling' over, in the manner of the partrid-e, wo(jdcock, and' nianv otiier si)ecies' lleth imn'iits unite in pn)vidinK food for the younj-'. This consists, for the most of cateipiliars, particularly such as infest apple-trees. The same insects constitute the cliief part ol their own sustenance. They an( accused, and with somo justice, of suckimr the cj,'i;s of other birds like tlin cmw, the blue jay, an
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