826 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. 
RTO VOrs everson wears Sa nw acted Ne via actageeceinseaasbnchenecee Sh-boo 122 
ALCOR seccecan ete gusaauataceatanes aur se Ben area eiamees 1 to 102 
PArOG UCL: ses erees Paces dmaaesdnwie nas tek dydaeea i eieos Sueegersevenenace NE ALO: 740 
FROIN casishetntd aes aatonee ar bean dena naseancodubnas wh eae vee coe Germany OE oe, 
J AVS senkareevteneas croetudernd vara ede steneisurneel cab arncnemmeues Aot0. 28 
Chaffinch, cock, sparrow, goldfinch, ..........:0:cccsceeeeee Lto 25 
Hi cod eal toi titer aia ae cece niacin giauigesasncare econo oeneaminae nan story 6 
Blue-cap tomtit, ............... hp Mderecac I to ale 
(Estimate of Iluller and Leuret.} 
Page 158. The noble faleon.—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, &c.) are for the most part swift of flight 
(votliers) : these employ their talons to rend and choke their victims. 
The rameurs 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 manceuvres of the voiliers. 
(Huber, Vol des Oiseaux de Proie, 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 morning, 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 
