Category: Science - Biology
SPRING. 97 ABOUT PARROTS. 98 How can our fancies help but go 107 POLLY. 108 Hark! ’tis the bluebird’s venturous strain 109 THE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. (_Pelecanus erythrorhynchos._) 110 THE SANDPIPER. 114 A BIT OF BIRD GOSSIP. 115 THE MARBLED MURRELET. (_Brachyramphus marmorat...
“Altogether too gay and noisy. Mrs. Jay was a great scold, and Blue almost as bad. You could hear them all over the neighborhood. Well, they lost all their children by a Hawk, t...
2. Part 2But fruit-eating and flower-feeding creatures—such as butterflies and humming birds—seeking their food among the brilliant flowers and bright berries, almost invariably acquire...
4. Part 4Our fresh-water snails may be divided into two classes; first, those which breathe by means of a lung and which must come to the surface at regular intervals to take in a supply...
1. Part 1SPRING. 97 ABOUT PARROTS. 98 How can our fancies help but go 107 POLLY. 108 Hark! ’tis the bluebird’s venturous strain 109 THE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. (_Pelecanus erythrorhyncho...
5. Part 5Pliny says, “Some affirm that swans sing lamentably a little before death, but untruly, I suppose, for experience of many has shown the contrary.” But Aristotle says, “Swans are...