
OF BIRDS. ‘ke: 
That great Beiad, who erential all things, has 
- given every animal the means of procuring food, 
_ and of taking care of itfelf. The more we know 
of his works, the more. we may admire ne wif 
dom and goodnefs. | | 
~The parrots climb from bough to baie! for 
. “hes are too heavy to hop; therefore, that good 
- ; Being has given them very ftrong toes; and one 







: ie or behind as they pleafe, and can grafp the boughs 
~ very faft, or hold their food in one foot, whiltt 
Ke hooked, which ‘is of great ufe when they climb. 
_. The Toucan and the Indian Raven ‘have both 
very large. beaks, but that they may not be a 
live in-thofe countries where there are a oreat 
: ey Monkies ; now Monkies are very fond of | 
‘ Being has given them very large beaks to frighten 
x the Monkies away as they fit upon their nefts, 
+ We find too, that moft animals, whilft they 
a are providing for themfelves, ‘are at the fame 
: ‘time of ule to. fome other part of the creation. 
The Beef-eater and Ani feed upon the infects’ 
: “that breed under the fein of COWS, and other cat- 
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they ftand on the other. Their beaks too are 
burden, they are in both very light. Toucans 
toe is moveable, fo that they can turn it before : 
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_ catching and eating their young: fo. that wife — 
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