. Stories about birds, with pictures to match . S ABOUT BIRDS. ernor Philip, would liang by one leg a wlioleday, without changing its position. The spectre bat does not differ much in itshabits from the vampyre. It is found inSouth America, and in some of the islandsof the Pacific Ocean. Yarious travelers speakof its eagerness to suck human blood. CaptainStedman relates, that sleeping in the open air atSurinam, he was awakened about four oclockin the morning, and exceedingly alarmed tofmd himself covered with blood, but feeling nopain. Kising up hastily, he ran to the surgeon,as he was all ove
. Stories about birds, with pictures to match . S ABOUT BIRDS. ernor Philip, would liang by one leg a wlioleday, without changing its position. The spectre bat does not differ much in itshabits from the vampyre. It is found inSouth America, and in some of the islandsof the Pacific Ocean. Yarious travelers speakof its eagerness to suck human blood. CaptainStedman relates, that sleeping in the open air atSurinam, he was awakened about four oclockin the morning, and exceedingly alarmed tofmd himself covered with blood, but feeling nopain. Kising up hastily, he ran to the surgeon,as he was all over besmeared with blood. Itwas soon discovered that he had been attackedby a bat, which was judged by the surgeon tohave taken from him about fourteen ounces ofblood. When these animals discover a person in asound sleep, they cautiously approach, gentlyfanning with their extended wings, by whichmeans a soothing influence is thrown over thesleeper, which renders his sleep the sounder,while the bat cautiously goes on with his bleed-ing THE BUSTARD. STOKIES ABOUT BIRDS. 803 €^t IJiistnA.
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