Natural history and antiquities of Selborne (1875)
White, Gilbert, 1720-1793, Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826-1880, Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 1812-1895, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, James Burn & Company, binder · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 448
398 NOTES: TO. THE pointed at the ends somewhat like the head of a spear. The tail- feathers on either side are also spear-headed, so that when the tail is expanded like a lady’s fan it forms a most admirable prop, by means of which the bird supports himself as he climbs up the … sides of the tree. Whereas the claws of the fowl are made to scratch in the earth, or the claws of the eagle for seizing its prey, we find that the claws of the woodpecker are so sharply curved that they form half a circle, Fig. B. The points —
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