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stork, eagle and quail. Their connection with Bible 

 history is very interesting. Some have saved human 

 life, others are spoken of as inhabiting ruined cities 

 and desolate landscapes. Others again are spoken of 

 as knowing the time of their coming. Quotations re- 

 specting them are as follows : 



*'The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and 

 bread and flesh in the evening." — /. Kings XV tl. 6. 



"1 will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of 

 water.— J^aiaA XIV. 26. 



''The turtle and the crane, and the swallow observe the time 

 of their coming.'' — Jeremiah VIII. 7. 



'There shall the great owl make her nest." — Isa, XXXIV. 15. 



"The swallow hath found a nest for herself.' —P^. LXXXIV. 3 



"What time she lifteth herself up on high, she scorneth the 

 horse and his rider." — Job XXXIX. 18. 



"Yes the stork in heaven knoweth her appointed time." — Jer- 

 emiah VIII. 7. 



"As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young." 

 --Beut, XXXII. 11. 



"There went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails 

 from the sea." — Nurabers^l. 31, 



These are a few quotations which we find in refer- 

 ence to these birds. 



Now having treated upon birds, flow^ers and insects 

 in a simple way, and in their homes and particular lo- 

 calities, and given a short historical sketch of each, we 

 will leave them, hoping that the reader in looking over 

 these pages, has had an interest awakened in him for 

 the subjects here mentioned. Let the birds live in en- 

 joyment and bliss in their neat homes, and the flowers 

 bloom and blossom on the banks of their native stream, 

 or in rich meadows, or barren wastes; and let the bee 



