. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . he flock, and,by making a noise, drive them forward. The8N0W ooosE simple birds mistake the man in white for their leader and follow him within reach of the net; which is suddenlypulled down, and thus captures the whole. When he chooses to con-duct them even into the hovel, they follow in
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . he flock, and,by making a noise, drive them forward. The8N0W ooosE simple birds mistake the man in white for their leader and follow him within reach of the net; which is suddenlypulled down, and thus captures the whole. When he chooses to con-duct them even into the hovel, they follow in a similar manner; hecreeps in at a hole left for that purpose, and out at another on theopposite side, which he closes up. The Geese follow him through thefirst; and as soon as they are in, he passes around and secures everyone of them. In that frozen climate the Snow Geese afford an essentialmeans of subsistence to the natives ; and their feathers are an articleof commerce. Each family kill thousands in a season; and, afterplucking and gutting them, they fling them in heaps, into holesdug for that purpose, and covered only with earth. The mould freezesand forms over them an arch; and whenever the family have occasionto open one of these magazines, they find their provisions perfectly»weet and THE WILD GOOSE. These birds are often seen in flocks of from fifty to a hundred,flying at very great heights, and seldomresting by day. Their cry is frequentlyheard while, from their distance above, theyare imperceptible to the sight. Whetherthis be their note of mutual encouragement,or only the necessary consequence of respira-tion, seems doubtful; but they seldom exertit when they alight in their journeys. Onthe ground they always arrange themselvesin a line, and seem to descend rather for restthan refreshment, for having continued
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