. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . rider. Job xxxix. IS. THE CRANE. Order.—Orallatores, or Waders. The migratory habits of this bird, which belongs tothe wading order, are alluded to in Jer. viii. 7, whichhas already been quoted. They are met with, La-tham observes, in great flocks, throughout northernEurope and Asia. They also breed in Spain; and aresaid to have been formerly bred in England, wherethey were reg
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . rider. Job xxxix. IS. THE CRANE. Order.—Orallatores, or Waders. The migratory habits of this bird, which belongs tothe wading order, are alluded to in Jer. viii. 7, whichhas already been quoted. They are met with, La-tham observes, in great flocks, throughout northernEurope and Asia. They also breed in Spain; and aresaid to have been formerly bred in England, wherethey were regular visiters, before cultivation had de-prived them of congenial situations, by the inclosingwaste tracts of land, and the draining of wide swampsand marshes. In confirmation of this, we hear ofstatutes imposing a fine on those who take away theegg of a crane or a bustard. No less than two hun-dred and four were served at the feast of ArchbishopNevil, in the reign of Edward IV. In winter, the crane retires to the warmer regions 100 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. of the south, Syria, Egypt, Africa, and the adjacentcountries. Their flight is very elevated, and oftentakes place during the night. The crane has a very. THE COMMON CRANE. loud, clanging note, which can be heard when thebird is too high to be seen. To this peculiar soundHezekiah compares his cries of pain and distress du-ring his illness. Isa. xxxviii. 14. THE HERON. Order.—Orallatores, or Waders. Under the genus Herons are comprehended the birdsknown by the name of egrets, bitterns, crab-eaters,etc. They dwell on the borders of lakes and rivers,or in marshes; they feed on fish, aquatic insects, and THE BITTERN. 101 reptiles. Herons are melancholy birds, remaining forhours on the edge of the waters. But though theyseek their food in a solitary manner, they build theirnests in company; as many as eighty nests have beenseen on one tree. The word anapha, translated heron, in Lev. xi. 19,and Deut. xiv. IS, has been variou
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