The faculties of birds / [Anon].

  • James Rennie
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The faculties of birds / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Fishing of the Osprey . . : ye g 167 Fishing of the Heron . a : . » 169 Misery of the Heron, according to Buffon ‘ : e170 Fishing of the Kingfisher .. . , . 170 Gizzard of the Gannet, Sea-mew, aid Rotch . Ze A70 CHAPTER VIII. Taste oF Insectivorous Birps ., a * : 4 173 Food of Humming-birds ' ; : 4 wl73 Birds kill their insect-prey . : : . em 175+ Rooks experience famine in dry weather . ‘ 4,125 Peculiarity in Rooks at the base of the bill : gc 107 Cape Rook . ; : : . . 178 Misrepresentations of the Rook : - é . 180 Bristles or whiskers of birds , : : : . 180 Fly-catcher, or Post-bird : ; . : «18s Fly-catching of the Chaffinch . : ° : . 182 Seed-eating of the Chaffinch , ‘ j : - 184 Bud-eating of the Bullfinch , : : ; - 185 CHAPTER IX. Toucu 1n Birps : . : ° ; ‘ « 187 Supposed origin of the sagacity of animals : » 187 Theory of Buffon : J : ‘ . . 187, Theory of Darwin and Helvetius . i . . 188 The hand of man ‘ ¢ a : : . 189 Importance of the thumb, : . ° « 190 Muscles of the hand. . “ < : Pal BOM Nerves of the finger . , ‘ : . , 192 Fancy of Lord Monboddo . 2 ‘ é » 192 Tactin Birds. : ; $ : Bil heh The lips and whiskers of animals . é ‘ . 194 The Seal and the Duckbill , ; : . ~ 195 The bill in Geese and Ducks A A a . 196 The sense of heat 4 ; ; 4 . - 197 Roosting of the Ox-eye H : : : . 197 Roosting of the Black-cap . - ° : . 198
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