Volume 1

A natural history of the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, serpents, reptiles, and insects / by Mrs. Mary Trimmer.

Date:
1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A natural history of the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, serpents, reptiles, and insects / by Mrs. Mary Trimmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    23!) tier nest of the leaves of trees, straw, and moss, and usually ays four or five eggs ; but it seldom happens nr climate that all these come to maturity. She hatches twice, and sometimes three times, in the year. 'Mule she performs the duty of incubation, the male bnnrsVT t0 the tedious 7ern.nl• r larmomous voi<=e, or by the short in- terruption of his song to give her timely notice of approaching danger. Nightingales may be taught the notes of other birds, thpylnen \°,SlnSl by turns in a chorus, and to repeat eir couplet at the proper time. They are also capa- a e .Zr* ‘° articula,e 'vords, and many stories are told of the proficiency which they have acquired. THE SWALLOW. TR SwaHow tribe have bills which are short, broad Their in*1 ’ S!lla * at t,le point, and slightly curved. TZVel lZ n Sh0rt’ !,r0ad’ a,ld c]0'™' ll-e nostrils ciesTh 1 *e m.0Uth ,S wi,Je- Except in one spe- cies, the wings are long, and the tail is forked Tlfev ave short slender legs, and the toes are placed three before and one behind, with the exception^ four spe- have 1,1 W Cr ,e t0-es are 3,1 Placed forward. They have a peculiar twittering voice, fly with extreme ve rinifi;*., I b J Willi rapidity, scarcely ever walk, and perform their
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