Life of a Scotch naturalist, Thomas Edward : associate of the Linnean society / by Samuel Smiles.
- Date:
- 1876
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Life of a Scotch naturalist, Thomas Edward : associate of the Linnean society / by Samuel Smiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![CHAPTER X, ' RESUMES HIS FORMER LIFE AND HABITS. Ee-enters his desolate dwelling—Eetm-n of Ms famUy—Begins again—Redonbles Ms zeal—His paraphernaHa—Ramble in the BaUoch Hills—A suocessful searcli-A furious stonn comes on —Crossing the moor—A haven—The chip-boxes destroyed—A terrible woman—His hat and insect boxes—How to preserve- A referee—Edward's certificate from the Justices—Love of bird- nesting—Accident at Tarlair—Falls from a cliff, and is rescued —Draws on Ms Sayings Bank . . Pages 181-202 CHAPTER XL BEGINS TO PUBLISH HIS OBSERVATIONS. The Rev. Mr. Smith—The Bridled GuUlemot—Grammar—Scraps from the newspapers—The Death's-head Moth—Butterflies and locusts—Locustra wiig'mtoWa—Saw-flies—The Spider—Notes in Natural History—Rare birds—The Bee-eater—The Bohemian Waxwing—The Brown Snipe—Edward's pursuit-The Snipe escapes—Adventure on Gamrie Head—The Fox's lair The precipice—The Peregrine Falcon—Feeds upon its prey-Flight of the Falcon—Slides down the rocks—Discovers a Spinous Shark—Returns home .... 203-229 CHAPTER XH. RAMBLES AMONGST BIRDS. Mr. Smith's articles published in the Zoologist—Edward's power of observation described—The beautiful Heron—Cries of the Birds at Ness Bogie—The motherly Wild Duck—Burial of the Wild Duck —The Pickictars — The Pickietar fishing —The Pickietar shot—Rescued by ]iis friends—Edward's closeness of observation—The Turnstone—Its description—Its labours— The Turnstones turn over a Cod—Tlio little Auk—Sea-fowl nurseries—Pennan—Sleeps in Hell's Lum—The sea-bh-ds at night ...... 230-251](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2192983x_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
