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"It's one of them plaster casts, I'll be bound," Myrtella continued. "I might 'a' knowed you'd git the mate to the other one, and not a square inch of space in the house to set it on! What did you give fer it?" Mrs. Flathers withdrew her apron, and tenderly dusted the highly colored features of an Indian squaw, whose head-feathers reposed upon her arm.

Elphinstone, Mr., on local difference of stature among the Hindoos; on the difficulty of distinguishing the native races of India. Elytra, of the females of Dytiscus Acilius, Hydroporus. Emberiza, characters of young. Emberiza miliaria. Emberiza schoeniclus, head-feathers of the male. Embryo of man; of the dog. Embryos of mammals, resemblance of the. Emigration.

With a loud harsh twitter his war-cry repeated again and again, with his little gray head-feathers raised to show the blood-and-flame-coloured undercrest his war colours he darted straight at the great robber. "Clicker-a-clicker," he fairly screamed, and made for the huge Hawk, ten times his size.

I could plainly see the warriors tramping along Indian-file, their head-feathers waving in the breeze and their blankets flapping about them as they walked. Instantly the thought of the twenty-five thousand dollars intrusted to my care flashed across my mind. "Oh, Mrs. Erickson," I exclaimed, "I must return to the ranch immediately!" "You must not do so, Mrs.

The sun bathed with its rays that portion which was bordered with large trees, among which kingfishers were skimming about. One of these birds came and perched close to us its breast was white, its wings black on the upper side, and its head-feathers dark green; its stout, thick-set shape, and its short tail, made Lucien remark that it looked like a malformed creature.

Pheasant, Fire-backed, possessing spurs. Pheasant, Golden, display of plumage by the male; age of mature plumage in the; sex of young, ascertained by pulling out head-feathers. Pheasant, Kalij, drumming of the male. Pheasant, Reeve's, length of the tail in. Pheasant, Silver, triumphant male, deposed on account of spoiled plumage; sexual coloration of the. Pheasant, Soemmerring's.

Reason in animals. Redstart, American, breeding in immature plumage. Redstarts, new mates found by. Reduvidae, stridulation of. Reed-bunting, head-feathers of the male; attacked by a bullfinch. Reefs, fishes frequenting. Reeks, H., retention of horns by breeding deer; cow rejected by a bull; destruction of piebald rabbits by cats. Regeneration, partial, of lost parts in man. Regent bird.

Had some of the Indians, imagined to be under Charlie's table, gone to the outside of the windows, there to look in, grinning at him and shaking their head-feathers at a boy stupidly sitting near a table on which was a lighted lamp? Charlie rubbed his eyes for a better look, then rubbed again and again, and and were those Indians shouting, "Charlie, how are you?"