. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. G26 HOMES WITHOUT HAKD8. seldom less than seven, and sometimes twelve or fourteen. They are whitish, and profusely spotted with irregular brown marks. In the illustration, the haunts of the Coot are well represented In the foreground is seen one of the grass tussocks, of which a pair of Coots have taken possession, and ia which the young are seen under the protection of their parents. Similar tussocks. protrude from the shallow water, and from one of them t
. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. G26 HOMES WITHOUT HAKD8. seldom less than seven, and sometimes twelve or fourteen. They are whitish, and profusely spotted with irregular brown marks. In the illustration, the haunts of the Coot are well represented In the foreground is seen one of the grass tussocks, of which a pair of Coots have taken possession, and ia which the young are seen under the protection of their parents. Similar tussocks. protrude from the shallow water, and from one of them the mother Coot is issuing, followed by her young brood. In the background are seen a pair of swans, one of which is bearing her young on her back, according to the custom of her kind. As is the case with many of the illustrations to this work, the sketch was taken from 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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