THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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The singular claw mentioned by our correspondent (see fig. 30), is 
supposed to be used by the bird exactly as a comb, to disentangle the 
bristly fringe which surrounds its 
mouth. This bristly fringe is sup¬ 
posed to be useful in retaining the 
moths, and other nocturnal insects 
on which the bird lives, and which 
it catches in its widely open mouth 
as it flies. This bird makes a 
very singular burring noise, some¬ 
thing like that of a spinning-wheel; 
whence it has obtained its provin¬ 
cial names of the Dor-Hawk, and 
the Night-Jar. It always sits 
lengthways on a branch, as shown 
in fig. 30, and never across it, as birds do when they perch. 
BEARDED TITMOUSE. YOUNG BEARDED TITMOUSE. 
The bearded Titmouse is often called the Reed Pheasant, from its gene¬ 
rally making its nest among reeds, of which it eats the seeds. It also 
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