...takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose that it does to these chafers, I no longer wonder at the use of its...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated, or saw-like claw. There is no bird whose manners I have studied more. It is a wonderful and curious...

...circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. Swallows and martins, the bulk of them I mean, have forsaken us sooner this year than usual ;...

...circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. Swallows and martins, the bulk of them I mean, have 1 This is termed the tragus ; it is found...

...circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. (From the Same ) THE ROOK THE evening proceedings and manoeuvres of the rooks are curious and...

...circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. (From the Same-) THE ROOK THE evening proceedings and manoeuvres of the rooks are curious and...

...circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. Swallows and martins, the bulk of them I mean, have forsaken us sooner this year than usual :...

...circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. (From the Same.) THE ROOK THE evening proceedings and manoeuvres of the rooks are curious and...

...wing, and by a bend of the head deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey in its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose...its middle toe, which is curiously furnished with a FIG. IT. — Claw of Heron, magnified. serrated claw." Mr. EB Titchener1 holds that this explanation...

...mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose that it does these chafers, I no longer wonder at the use...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." Gilbert White's remarks about that fascinating bird, the night-jar, are scarcely excelled by...

...while on the wing, and by a bend of the head deliver something into its mouth." This explained to him the use of its middle toe, " which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." He timed the white owls feeding their young under the eaves of his church, with watch in hand....