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The Bird And The Snake.

We take the following paragraph from the Mobile Tribune of the 3rd inst: Two men of our acquaintance of unpeachable veracity witnessed a scene the other day worth recording. They observed at the distance of some thirty feet from them a very strange and unaccountable conduct on the part of a bird-commonly called the “Cow […]

Prairie Hens And Quails.

The Detroit Tribune says that during the past winter, Messrs. Bowe & Co. of that city, have sent to the Eastern cities twelve thousand nine hundred forty-four Prairie Hens or Grouse and forty thousand four hundred and thirty-three Quails besides Partridges, wild Turkey in large numbers.

Animal Benevolence.

An Instance Which Shows That Dumb Beasts Can Be as Kind as Men. A herd of wild Asian buffaloes will charge any foe, even a tiger, to save the life of one of their number who has been wounded. Elephants, baboons and other animals will do the same in a wild state. On the other […]

Sea Birds.

The question is often asked, where do sea birds obtain fresh water to slake their thirst? But we have never seen it satisfactorily answered till a few days ago. An old skipper, with whom we were conversing on the subject, said that he had frequently seen these birds at sea, far from any land that […]

Sympathy Of Birds.

A gentleman of our acquaintance a week or two since remarked an unusual collection of brown thrushes in a thicket contiguous to his residence. His attention have been drawn towards them for several successive days, by their loud cries and eccentric movements, he was at length induced to investigate more closely the course of the […]

Locusts Capture A Picnic Ground.

Alton, Ill., June 24. A horde of locusts has settled among the trees of “Hop Hollow,” a popular picnic grounds near here, and driven every songbird out of the woods. The hollow has been marked for its songbird, but all have disappeared under the onslaught of the insects. Crows were the first victims. The locusts […]

The Largest Bird.

Temple, in his recent travels in Peru, states that he shot a condor, and from notes taken on the spot, gives us the following dimensions of its size: When the wings are spread, they measure forty feet in extent, from point to point, the feathers are twenty feet in length, and the quill part eight […]

The Birds.

The New Haven [Conn.] Courier relates the following interesting incident, which occurred a few years since in one of the villages of Connecticut: “A young lady, confined to the house by protracted indisposition, was in the habit of feeding a sparrow, which had a nest on a tree near the door, with crumbs of bread. […]

Wild Fowl.

The waters of the Francisco Bay, and especially of some of the rivers which enter it, are thronged with aquatic fowls of every description, beyond estimation, computation or description. A gunner can obtain feathers enough in a day for a large bed-and fowls enough to last him two months. They will not spoil for that […]

A Raven.

An English paper speaking of the death of a raven 28 years old, says: This singular bird was bred in Grove Park, and could talk as plain as any man, so far as his knowledge extended. In point of imitation he could mimic anything he ever heard. Like many others of his tribe, he was […]