. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. C E. the fpring, they rments of infeas be trees. They ad eat the cater- ; which are feen ,ged like a feries t fpiral. Laftly, :mall dead birds, :eafe, or entangled hofe incapable of wn fpecies; they upon the brains. y want -, for they es, where they are mmer they eat not feds, &c. but all Bch-maft, figs, the other fmall feeds*, red in the cage are t, rancid fat, and irnt, by the flame n that the ftate of afte. hough tainted with )f their equals, and cannot digeft
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. C E. the fpring, they rments of infeas be trees. They ad eat the cater- ; which are feen ,ged like a feries t fpiral. Laftly, :mall dead birds, :eafe, or entangled hofe incapable of wn fpecies; they upon the brains. y want -, for they es, where they are mmer they eat not feds, &c. but all Bch-maft, figs, the other fmall feeds*, red in the cage are t, rancid fat, and irnt, by the flame n that the ftate of afte. hough tainted with )f their equals, and cannot digeft the feeJi â foftened by boiling ;y« icof thefe birds, affuiei npfeed and miUct. tiniW THE TITMICE. 385 unite in numerous flocks: if they are parted by any accident, they mutually call on each other, and foon re-alTemble. However, they feemto Ihun an intimate connection*: judging no doubt of the difpofitions of others by their own, they feel that they cannot confide much in them: fuch is the fociety of rogues. The unions which they annually form in the fpring are of a clofer nature, and a'^e very prodiidive. No genus of birds is fo prolific as that of the titmice t, and it is the more remarkable the fmaller they are. We might fuppofe that a greater proportion of organic matter enters into their flrudure, and from this exuberance of life refults their fecundity, and alfo their activity, ftrength, and courage. No birds attack the owl with fuch intrepidity; they are ever the firft to dart on the nodurnal foe, and they aim conftantly at the eyes : their adion is attended jwithafwell of the feathers, and with a rapid fuccefTion of violent attitudes and rapid move- ments, which powerfully mark the bitternefs jof their rage. When they are caught, they jbite keenly the finger of the bird-catcher, ftrike furioufly with their bill, and invite, by their * Journal de Ph^iquCy Aotit 177^, p. 123, &c. t So well known this fadl: is in England, that it is ufual lo call a little prolific
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