326 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. 



Plover 1 to 122 



Falcon, 1 to 102 



Paroquet, 1 to 45 



Robin, 1 to 32 



Jay, 1 to 28 



Chaffinch, cock, sparrow, goldfinch, 1 to 25 



Hooded tomtit, 1 to 16 



Blue-cap tomtit, 1 to 12 



[Estimate of Haller and Leiiret.] 





Page 158. The noble falcon. — The noble birds (the falcon, ger- 

 falcon, saker) are those which hold their prey by the talon, and kill 

 it with the bill : their bill, for this purpose, is toothed. The ignoble 

 birds (the eagle, the kite, kc.) are for the most part swift of flight 

 {voiliers) : these employ their talons to rend and choke their victims. 

 The raitieuTS rise with difficulty, which enables the voiliers to escape 

 them the more easily. The tactics of the former are to feign, in 

 the first place, to rise to a great height ; and then, by suffering 

 themselves to drop, they disconcert the mancBuvres of the voiliers. 

 (Huber, Vol des Oiseaux de Prole, 1784, 4to. He was the first of 

 that clever lineage, Huber of the birds, Huber of the bees, Huber of 

 the ants.) 



Page 177. Its happiness in the nfiorning, when terrors vanish! 

 — "Before " (says Tschudi) "the vermeil tints of the early dew have 

 announced the approach of the sun, oftentimes before even the lightest 

 gleam has heralded dawn in the east, while the stars still sparkle in 



