CONTENTS. 



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 Anecdote of the Chinchilla, . - . . . .198 



Cats fond of warmth 199 



Anecdote of a Cat 200 



Difference of the wild and the domestic Cat . . 201 



Mistake of Temminck 201 



The Demoiselle Heron 202 



A tame Lapwing ...... 202 



Want of ingenuity in the Barbary Ape . . . 203 

 Proceedings of edible Snails ..... 204 



The winter nest of the Hedge-hog .... 205 



The form of the Hare 200 



Illustration from Alpine plants .... 208 



Winter shelter of Ptarmigans ..... 209 

 Effects of cold and heat on insects . . , , 209 



CHAPTER X. 



LOCOMOTIVE FACULTIES OF BIRDS . . . . .212 

 Motions of insects ...... 212 



Walking of Birds 213 



Footless birds (Apodd) . . . . .213 



Opinions respecting Birds of Paradise . . .214 

 Feet of the Swift . . . . . .215 



Feet of Swallows 216 



Walk of the Kingfisher and the Dipper . . . 216 

 Walk of the Loon and the Coot . . . .219 



Walk of the Rails 220 



Anecdotes of a Corncrake, . . .221 



Running of the Ostrich 221 



Tame Ostriches at Podor . . . . . 223 



Fleetness of the Bustard 224 



The Flamingo, and the Stilt 225 



CJimbing birds 226 



White's remarks on .the walk of birds . . . 226 



Feet of water birds 227 



Bjrd at rest: after Borelli . . . . . 228 

 Opinions of Vicq d'Azyr and Barclay . . . 228 

 Walk of the Chinese Jacana. . , , . ,230 



