Ing me o' sets in with cold and aumg, now put forth their in tas-decary, cuinous; but not with poetical It is a of the ough association, when we recollect the throne assigned her by Gray, in the ivy-man'led tower.' But th - tru ́n is, the owl only atters her cry while on the win, fact, worthy of remark in the natural histo owl, that, like the cat, it is very fond of fi it seems but ill-adapted by nature for capt That it does so, however, there can be no dou? have loca detext in the very act of robbing · Desequently feed their yoong with fish most pleisteZ CON begi.. to egg is extra the egg the farm yard; which is, the chicken formation of the cit scope. Sercely has the he selve by ars, here some lineame bead and body of the chick are 2 cernable bryo; at the end of the secon, the hea beat, but no blood is to be sev.. In forty we may disti niso two vesicleof which is evident; ope of the other, the root of ta auricles of the beart is pe th blood, t the le J**ry; 800* ale, I w may be remarked as well as in the ventricle. The wings may be distinguished early, and on the head two globules for the brain, one for the beak, and two others for the front and hind part of the head. Towards the end of the fourth day, the two auricles, now distinctly visible, approach nearer the heart than they did before. About the fifth day, the liver may be perceived; at the end of 138 hours, the lungs and stomach become visible; and in a few hours more, the intestines, veins, and upper jaw. On the seventh day, the brain begins to assume a more consistent form. 190 hours after incubation, the beak opens, and flesh appears on the breast. In 210, the ribs are formed, and the gall bladder is visible. The bill, in a few hours more, is seen of a green colour, and if the chick be separated from its coverings, it will be seen to move, The feathers begin to shoot towards the 240th hour, and at the same time the skull becomes cartilaginous; in 24 hours more, the eyes appear; at the 288th, the ribs are perfected; and at the 331st, the lungs, the stomach, and the breast, assume their natural appearance. On the eighteenth day of incubation, the first faint piping of the chick is heard. It then continually increases in size and in strength till it emerges from its prison. The most timid bird, during the period of sitting, or when rearing its nestlings, seems to have its nature changed the common hen, however timid she may be on other occasions, will carelessly fly out at the dog, or assail that terror of the poultry tribe, the kite, when encompassed by her beloved brood; and many birds. which are otherwise remarkably shy, will suffer themselves to be lifted off their eggs when sitting. Nature |
