RM2CNHCFB–. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . s that are eatable.Unless this element ofpopulation is prohibitedfrom carrying guns, theetfect of their inroadsupon bird life will soonbe manifest here. Trustworthy correspondents state thatthe Italian contract laborers kill practically all the birds inthe neighborhood of their camps. Many Italians trap birdsby means of birdlime or trap cages. Boys with shot guns,air rifles,
RMPG2BJC–. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXXIX. lorantha'ce^ : fi'scum. 509 SyHonymes. Misseldine, Gui, or Guy, Fr.; Mistl, or Missel, Ger.; Visco, or Vischio, Ital.; Lega- modoga, Span, DeTiiiatian. Viscm, or viscum. is the latin for birdlime, which is made from the berries; and Mistletoe is by some supposed to be derived from
RMRDFB22–. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXXIX. lorantha'ce^ : fi'scum. 509 SyHonymes. Misseldine, Gui, or Guy, Fr.; Mistl, or Missel, Ger.; Visco, or Vischio, Ital.; Lega- modoga, Span, DeTiiiatian. Viscm, or viscum. is the latin for birdlime, which is made from the berries; and Mistletoe is by some supposed to be derived from
RMPG1PB9–. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. In America, this species b applied to all the uses which the common holly is in Europe. It forms hedges ; is an ornamental tree or shrub in gardens; is employed for making birdlime; and the wood is used in turnery and cabinetmaking. Propagation as in the common holly. Tlex magelldnica {f
RMRDFF6M–. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. In America, this species b applied to all the uses which the common holly is in Europe. It forms hedges ; is an ornamental tree or shrub in gardens; is employed for making birdlime; and the wood is used in turnery and cabinetmaking. Propagation as in the common holly. Tlex magelldnica {f
RMPFYRBP–. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE BLACKCAP. {Sylvia atricapilla.) 1 "^ IVE species may be conveniently grouped -â - under the generic term Sylvia, or Fruit- eating Warblers, and these, with one exception, visit Great Britain regularly in the spring. Two of them, the Blackcap and Garden Warbler, en- joy little more immunity from traps and birdlime than does the Nightingale. Their fine song marks them at once as the prey of the profes- sional bird-catcher, and during the month of April immense numbers are taken
RMRDB00R–. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE BLACKCAP. {Sylvia atricapilla.) 1 "^ IVE species may be conveniently grouped -â - under the generic term Sylvia, or Fruit- eating Warblers, and these, with one exception, visit Great Britain regularly in the spring. Two of them, the Blackcap and Garden Warbler, en- joy little more immunity from traps and birdlime than does the Nightingale. Their fine song marks them at once as the prey of the profes- sional bird-catcher, and during the month of April immense numbers are taken
RMRDXPCN–. Botany of the living plant. Botany. BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT or Venus' Fly-Trap [Dionaea) (Fig 92). These plants show elaborate though different mechanisms for the capture of insects, which are subse- quently digested, and the materials absorbed as nourishment. In the former the action is slow, in the latter its success depends upon rapidity. Drosera bears on its spathulate leaves numerous radiating tentacles, each terminating m a spherical gland, which secretes a viscid juice. (Fig. 91.) This acts like birdlime, detaining any small insect that touches it. The contact-stimulus, confirmed b
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