새 조류에 관한 이야기들.The Book of Tales about Birds, by Thomas Bingley

새 조류에 관한 이야기들.The Book of Tales about Birds, by Thomas Bingley
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.

UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLE, AND NARRATES
VARIOUS STORIES ILLUSTRATIVE OF ITS FEROCITY AND POWER
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CHAPTER II.

UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE OSPREY, OR SEA-EAGLE, AND ABOUT
THE WHITE-HEADED OR BALD EAGLE OF AMERICA 25


CHAPTER III.
UNCLE THOMAS TELLS SEVERAL INTERESTING TALES ABOUT THE
FEROCITY AND TENACITY OF LIFE IN THE VULTURE, AND ABOUT THE
GREEDINESS WITH WHICH IT DEVOURS ITS PREY 50


viCHAPTER IV.

UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FALCONS, AND
DESCRIBES THE SPORT OF HAWKING, AS ANCIENTLY PRACTISED IN
ENGLAND 69


CHAPTER V.

UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT OWLS, AND OF THE CURIOUS
PECULIARITIES IN THEIR STRUCTURE, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO SEEK
FOR AND SECURE THEIR PREY DURING THE NIGHT 98
CHAPTER VI.
UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE HERON, AND ITS PLACE OF RETREAT;
AS WELL AS ABOUT THE AFFECTION AND GENTLENESS OF THE STORK
AND THE CRANE 122


CHAPTER VII.

UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT SOME INTERESTING PECULIARITIES IN THE
HABITS OF THE OSTRICH AND THE EMU, AS WELL AS ABOUT THOSE OF
THE TURKEY IN ITS NATIVE FORESTS 143


viiCHAPTER VIII.

UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT PARROTS, THEIR SEEMING INTELLIGENCE,
AND RELATES SEVERAL CURIOUS STORIES OF THEIR POWER OF
IMITATING THE HUMAN VOICE 169