I^AL'UiUNG JACKASS. 



Btcn upon the branch of :i true iicai' ;i riv«iv 

 looking' so stii])i<l, and iioddiii"^' if a-iltcp, 

 was sliot, and it was then found tliat this pecu- 

 Haj manner proceeded from having swallowed a 



small m^htj wblcli 1mA got m^^h^ 

 throat, and bill^ hvA had mot yet aceommoded 



itself in the former cavit_y. 



It is not uncommon to see these birds Hy up 

 with a long snake pending from tkeir beak, the 

 Uri Mdiiig tkt reptile hy the tmik^ jost behind 

 the head ; but ^ the suuke liangs down Avithout 

 motion, and ap])ears dead, it is prolialile that the 

 bird destroys them upon tlu^ ground beibre it 

 conveys them into the tree. From tliese cir- 

 flum«fcan^&, aitliough. tliey may now «iid then 



3icdLe? Away " with an egg, or recently hjalshj^ 

 cliickrn, by mistake for other food, yet there 

 ought to he a prohibition against tlieir being in- 

 jured, as tiie vermin destroyed by them amply 



repay such trifiiag Imm* Thk i# ihe fei^ Hrd 

 liear^ in the morning, and i^he hM (aitoig the 



day-birds) at night; it rises with tlie dawn, 

 when the woods re-echo with its gurgling laugh ; 

 at sunset they are again heard, and as that 

 gloi^uft orb sliik» westward, a last ^ * good 

 n^i'' k givea m !t» peeaUar tonei to all witti* 

 in hearing. 



At tliis farm, close to theMxirrumbidgee rivor^ 



