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  3. GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY. FELINE TENDEENESS.

    A curious circumstance lately occurred at Wincombe house, Shaftesbury, the residence of Mrs Gordon. It appears the servants were removing some straw, and found a nest of young rats, which, as a matter of course, they ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. CURIOUS EXPOIT OF A RAT.

    At one of the subterranean exhibitions at Matlock, Bath, known as the High Tor Grotto, it is the custom to place lighted candles on the sides at entering, which are left burning till the visitors return. A short time ago the guide, Mr ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. RARE INSTANCE OF LONGEVITY IN A BIRD.

    A gentleman residing at Twyning, near Tewkesbury, kept a j[?]y, which had been presented to him upwards of twentytwo years ago, until recently, when it died literally of old age. This bird—which could talk as well, or perhaps ...

    Article : 75 words
  6. A THIEF DETECTED BY A PARROT.

    A thief was detected in a singular manner, in Gloucester lately. Mrs Fisher, flour dealer, of Northgate-street, while in the parlour adjoining her shop, was startled by a parrot which she keeps in her shop, loudly calling "Shop, ...

    Article : 264 words
  7. AN HONEST COD FISH.

    The Dumfries Courier, in the course of its chronicling the wonders of nature connected with the inferior order of animals, has scarcely ever had to record such an instance of honesty in the f[?]ny tribe as the following, which we have ...

    Article : 278 words
  8. A CLEVER DOG.

    The following story is told by a correspondent of the Cincinnati Advertiser:—"Mr S[?] kept a calf tied in his yard, but the rope occasionally got untied, and the calf was left loose. One day a neighbour called in and said. 'Squire. ...

    Article : 204 words
  9. AFFECTION AND COURAGE OF A RAT.

    It having been recently discovered that a couple of rat[?] had taken up their abode in the malt-house belonging to Mr Fox, brewer, of Norton, near Stockton, a ferret was procured for the purpose of either banishing or destroying the ...

    Article : 224 words
  10. A FACT FOR NATURALISTS.

    Mr Briggs, of Springfield, near Wakefield, has now three fine chickens amongst his poultry. which were hatched by a magpie. The nest of the magpie, which was built in a poplar tree near his house, contained fire eggs; and when ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. HABITS OF THE SALMON.

    It will be remembered that a considerable number of foul fish were caught in the Tay, about two years ago, by the desire of Lord Glenlyon (now Duke of Athol), for the purpose of ascertaining whether, alter going to sea, they ...

    Article : 248 words
  12. SINGULAR VISITATION BY A CANARY BIRD.

    A poor man at Hamburg was to be buried—four men bore the coffin, and the wife followed. They bad some difficulty in passing through a narrow lane: the way was straight—not a sunbeam found its way down here. It was ...

    Article : 254 words
  13. THE BEE.

    The bee affords us a moral, though it be not that which worldly wisdom commonly assigns to it. We have, in the first place, a direct cause of thankfulness in the delicate food with which it supplies us." The bee is little amongst ...

    Article : 298 words
  14. AF OBSERVANT CAT.

    There was within my knowledge in the house of my parentage, a small cupboard, in which were kept milk, butter, and other requisites for the tea table; and the door was confined with a lock, which, from old age and frequent use, ...

    Article : 198 words
  15. SAGACITY OF A HEIFER.

    Instances of the remarkable sagacity displayed by animals have from time to time been given to the public, to which we may add the following:—A two-yew old heifer, belonging to Mr Robert Ardron, of Pigburn, has acquired ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF INSTINCT.

    The similarity between the simple instinctive actions of animals and their ordinary organic functions is so great, as to lead us to suppose that both sets of operations are arranged upon similar plans, though these may not be ...

    Article : 659 words
  17. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND GRATITUDE OF A FISH.

    At the meeting of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, held recently, some most extraordinary statements relative to the instinct of the brute creation were made by a visitor, Dr Warwick. From the following ...

    Article : 586 words
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