CHAPTER XXXIII 



Peculiarities and Instinct of Different Animals — Feeding Habits — The Beaks of Birds 

 — Wings of Owl — Instinct in finding Food — Ravens — Knowledge of Change of 

 Weather— Fish. 



I CANNOT conclude these hasty sketches without remarking that 

 few people are aware of the numberless subjects of interest and 

 observation to be found in the habits and structure of the com- 

 monest birds and animals which pass before our eyes every day 

 of our lives. How perfectly are all these adapted to their 

 respective modes of living and feeding. In every garden and 

 shrubbery the naturalist finds amusement in watching its living 

 tenants. Look at the chaffinch, how it adapts the colour and 

 even the shape of its nest to the spot in which it is placed, 

 covering the outside with materials of the same colour as the 



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