28 FACULTIES OP BIRDS. 



seas ; for though approached with the greatest cau- 

 tion, and when the bird has not manifested any fear 

 but was skimming about on the water, the instant the 

 powder flashed in the pan, it would dive down and 

 escape the danger*. 



It may be worth mentioning that animals born 

 with perfect eyes can use them the instant they enter 

 the world. Sir James Hall, when making experiments 

 on hatching, observed a chicken in the act of breaking 

 through the shell, and just as it got out a spider 

 began to run along the box, when the chicken darted 

 forward, seized and swallowed it as adroitly as if it 

 had been instructed by its mother. 



*J.R. 



