BOOK II. 



OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. Omnivores. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of the general characteristics of Omnivorous 

 Birds. 



THIS common and well known order 

 comprises in its range those birds with 

 whom we are every day familiar. Their 

 habits and manners differ more, and their 

 appearances as regards plumage and size 

 are more varied than those of any other 

 race of the feathered tribe. Some suspend 

 their nests by threads from limbs, where 

 they are subject to the sport of every 

 wind, others secure them firmly between 

 forks, and others again rest them on the 

 ground amid the shelter of bushes, or in 

 tussocks of long, rank grass. Some are 



