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title .A AAM-". is \ W .d , (iiifc ail (he Euro;w;ui Womlpeeliers : iiut if we Mwaeue -wj !
: «*<A M H B p I l l ' «WMdemtotv smalkr, remjemig ils apgcliatiiir, erfom
•:'■ ■ "ip# Vi1 to ira SiiÌojkcj. 'VMgchcrs.; As fin- as are >iivdte*a ¡¿fc
. ¡Kireon «(' fi»i .,1-jA \ i (Ini,-: -ikcu-.ì hahitnt af A » spedai, mi>r ibe wi«je of whict,
prc%-g«<OT»5 à s t iV .% .-aiiiS.nigfe^f: to tbejireeitictt $£ wotwls, jjarks, oirhant«
is for | j| | t*.l>u»#mfcV V - i f^ - .f iy ^ p o s e d ; f i j l seldom -m -V tor 'it S vni
particHlariy % Him, A V; »ócibers.to ioviteW abod, ; its security from sight - t
more to | g W tfejr. b a c h e s than to its *ar»*y. Near Lo&ioo it k
; •a,M* p | | § « # $& ;« « V* ••bse**-«- in Kensington Gardens, and :» -my ,4 the'»aids i»
baod. ¡»any bK A * --.se .t„-Vfs **■. of ;>;» arboreal character. the Lcs^r f i
itjspeai's- j§ ■nr tak • ■ & ra^m tra*«t»% a give» o f iistrietv S d ì retaci«'
• Ì Ì g § | | § H ìjfr Ì ^ | jl f- ' C 0 “ ’ . '
which abound ru sacb -.fruai
. . . , . ■ --^Kk -ili v. niyrfj. n- ' ■ ?' vim«is me j
which prefers the tranci o f ^ d . freqvfcttt 0» somfler-Mwi more eìevated
traverses with the utmost %se im p
observation by eoncealbjr itself m i
estractioia o f its food, $h atteotioR ;
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it, ‘ At other
aìieìfé. ■nlibi5 the bnrgt 1
* Ì | •»auald itjserceive ilsf-U' «p'tid
iiè’;fekn.òk oa which it rests: if, bo»ever .
tgebe so absorbed that it will alb« iteeif
ii^*: it béda
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:, eafi fteing
ite ai nfioiber, r
!V;2i‘: i |r ieavi-. :!!;« holes iu which they ve^ reared.
¡M R ; •i‘^ stri|«i over the eye, sidi« o f the deck; aod
■ ì0" V : H beak ;,v. ■■, ;■:. tbe sides of tèe ^M k . back of
klfe reft -¡ole; -mags aend centre o f thè f ri# , liarrtd
hiaef ; feint iorigitmlbfd <Sashes o f tlm