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l'laefs' Instinct always operates with tn,

 sai''e certainty, and succeeds. Tht wood becker grasps the trunk oi Ire,

 mil'i Ills claws, and stands upon his tail

 uf''Wllls out insects from their burroWl

 ID lile wood. itis said that he goes f.

 ah ant 9est and lies down, pretendint 10 De dead, with his tongue .oul, draw. ing t n however as often as f1iS cover

 eu Wlla the ants, which are a fayomit I attieie oi his food. 'Fhe but-halct epens nnis, or the stolies Of 1fuii. by repeated blows of his sharp. horny bill.

 Ihe butsher-bird, which lives on ir-

 secis aud smaller birds, Is sad to attract

 the latter by initiating their call, and 1 t1as also habitoi iInpallftlg upon thorns such insects as he docs not need at the Einomeht. Some have thought this d trap set for other birds; but tliisis in- probable, because. suhneeessary. II seems more likely that this trick of gath. eFing what he does not want, and keep. Ing II tlli| It is of no use 10 him. is one

 which he has learned in his intercourse with Y man. The wlliPpoo,Rill sits upon the fence or the step of door, silIeiila moufaflilly, as if he had lost all lis. trends bat woe to the moth wilo be leyes n the mourner's having lost his |appetftealso; the bird sefzes and swal- lows him without any suspension of his song. The raven and the gull, who are fond of lfish, but are not pro. Klded With thfiRstrements to ot4eHtllcnl, carry them high fnthe air, ahdiet them iall on the rocks, Itl order 10 break the shell. The bald eagle, proudand dis dainial as he seems, gets a great part =of hls living in.a manner that does more credit to his strengthand ingenuity, ,than to ms morals. He sits in gigantic re- pose, calmly watching the play of the hshlng birds, over the blue reaeEof the waters, with bis wings loosely raised, as if keeping time with tho heavY sea- soonhc secs the 4isls hawk dai1e heavily n the ocean, feappear with q scream of triumph bearing tic sluggish fish, ihenthe gaze of the eagle becomes fie- " aud intense; his wings are spread sfide,and llf gives chase to the hawk tlll hscomPeis him toletfall his prize; but II IS notzlost, for the eagle wheels in a broad circle, sweeps down upon the edge of tlle wave, and secures it before lt touches inc water. Nothing can be more majestic than the flight bf this no- ble bird; he seems to move by an efss fort of Nill alone, without the waving of hIs wlnps.