. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. (lAKIU' IKiNKV \:.\,,ll,n ,,»(». ,- oi a , Nvliil,. uu (1p> ntluT side u si,|o|,. .â ;,â 1â. Tlioso wind. inliaLit Van Dioincns aiv vMUw ,' than ll.,.s,. âr New Wales, tlie n,,,,!...- si,, I'.'in^'in'.. nuiscMl a profusion and nourisliin- proiRTtics of the fo,Kl In- ,,nTMousHn,( up its hahilalion an,oi,<.' tho thick ,.f _ ( u, alj pti lliat aiv t
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. (lAKIU' IKiNKV \:.\,,ll,n ,,»(». ,- oi a , Nvliil,. uu (1p> ntluT side u si,|o|,. .â ;,â 1â. Tlioso wind. inliaLit Van Dioincns aiv vMUw ,' than ll.,.s,. âr New Wales, tlie n,,,,!...- si,, I'.'in^'in'.. nuiscMl a profusion and nourisliin- proiRTtics of the fo,Kl In- ,,nTMousHn,( up its hahilalion an,oi,<.' tho thick ,.f _ ( u, alj pti lliat aiv tho and tlio IiiUs of l,.\v idcvation, and tliore pas'^cs i xvvy ivHy .'xistonre lis food consists of the sweet neefar of llow.'rs, whieli it procures . t. tl,e .uanner ., ioney-eaters in general, l,y ^ine its tone-,,,- into tho depths of the loNNers, and hckm- np then- hisciuns store. It also feeds upon various insects I)cnii4- always ready t,. eat those ndimt.^ creatures Mhid. inhabit the flowers, and delicdithin also m ,l,e 1,..,,,,. nnd lar, insects as they run upon the .round at the foot ol' xiie eucalypti. In its habits the Garrulous llnney-eater is very althounh it often is tho cau^c of no small annoyanc, to the traveller or the , as will be scon tho followi,.. marks by Could in his "liirds of ; Tla-Ciarrulous Iloney-eatc, l,c sajs, ,s nut -re,!^, but moves aliout in small flocks of fmm live to ten in number In ,l,spos, ,t ,s unld<e any other bird T ever with, for if its haunts bo in th"l t int uded upon, ,t becomes tho most restless and in-piisitivc. creature , and withal so Udd and norsy that it is n-arded as a nuisance rather than an of interest i\o .sooner does hunter come within the ], through Si; oust, leapinn and tlym- from brandi to branch, and tlie dons thcv animal';Vl!'-'I "' "'"' '"&
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