. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. 532 SOCIAL BIRDS AND INSECTS. Thus the Hen will sit upon an egg-shaped piece of chalk, as readily as upon her own egg; being deceived without difficulty by the general similarity of its appearance : and the Flesh-fly lays its eggs in the petals of the Carrion-flower, whose odour so much resembles that of tainted meat, as evidently to deceive the Insect into the belief, that it affords the proper receptacle for the eggs. 710. Societies like those of the Beaver are rare among Birds, whose associations are usually less perfect
. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. 532 SOCIAL BIRDS AND INSECTS. Thus the Hen will sit upon an egg-shaped piece of chalk, as readily as upon her own egg; being deceived without difficulty by the general similarity of its appearance : and the Flesh-fly lays its eggs in the petals of the Carrion-flower, whose odour so much resembles that of tainted meat, as evidently to deceive the Insect into the belief, that it affords the proper receptacle for the eggs. 710. Societies like those of the Beaver are rare among Birds, whose associations are usually less perfect. There is a small species, however, termed the Republican Grosbeak (Loxia socio), which lives in numerous societies in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope, and constructs its nest under a sort of roof which is common to the whole colony (Fig. 266).. Fig. 267.—Nest of Wasp. 711. It is among Insects, that we find the most remarkable. 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 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885. London : Wm. S. Orr and Co.
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