. Birds . te Feathers of the Bee-eater — Covering ofBlack Dovm—The Wings of a Bird—Fhght of Birds—Plumage of the Owl—The Humming Bird—The Swift—The Frigate Bird 65 THE SONG BIRD. Variety of Tones andQuaUties in the Voice of the Feathered Tribes—Sim-plicity of the means by which they are produced—Organs of Voice de-scribed—The Linnet—The Blackbird — The Missel Thrush — The SongTlirush—The Goldfinch —The Bullfinch—The Lark —The Nightingale—The blocking Bird —Various Facts as to the Music of Birds—The Chris-tians Song 97 INSTINCT OF BIRDS. The Subject stated— Affection of Birds— Illustration of t
. Birds . te Feathers of the Bee-eater — Covering ofBlack Dovm—The Wings of a Bird—Fhght of Birds—Plumage of the Owl—The Humming Bird—The Swift—The Frigate Bird 65 THE SONG BIRD. Variety of Tones andQuaUties in the Voice of the Feathered Tribes—Sim-plicity of the means by which they are produced—Organs of Voice de-scribed—The Linnet—The Blackbird — The Missel Thrush — The SongTlirush—The Goldfinch —The Bullfinch—The Lark —The Nightingale—The blocking Bird —Various Facts as to the Music of Birds—The Chris-tians Song 97 INSTINCT OF BIRDS. The Subject stated— Affection of Birds— Illustration of this Feeling —Peculiar Skill in Nest-building—Singidar Abode of an African Bird—Rear-ing of the Young — The Ostrich —Bower-building Birds of AustraUa—TheBrush Turkey—The Mountain Pheasant—The Honey gvude — Migration—The Stork—The Turtle Dove—The Swallow—WTiat is Instmct ?—Its Umi-tations—The Mind of IMan a contrast to it I2y THE NEST OP THE ORIOLE. THE NEST, CHAPTER I. ACTIVITY OF SPRING — VARIETY OP NESTS THE ROBIN— THE PARTRIDGE — THE OSTRICH—THE LARK THE GOLDEN EAGLE THE WOOD PIGEON THE WINDOW-SWALLOW THE SAND-MARTIN—THE SPARROW THE WHITE OWL THE BURROWING OWL — THE THRUSH—THE WOODPECKER THE WREN THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD THE RAVEN THE MAGPIE THE JAY THE SWALLOW THE ROOK. Spring is a season of great activity. No sooner havethe trees put forth their leaves than millions of birdscommence their labours. Here they may be observedbringing long pieces of straw to some hole in an oldwall, and there they work in the windows of some loftybuildings. Some may be seen eagerly seizing on smalltufts of moss, and others bearing away some fragmentsof wool which a sheep has left entangled in the requires fine roots for its nest, another has cob-webs for the outworks of its abode. He who can nowlook on without emotion, while God is thus giving suchforesight to
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