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Title: The life and habits of wild animals
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899 Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915
Subjects: Animal behavior Birds
Publisher: London, A. Macmillan
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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chamois perish like less gifted quadru-peds, and their skeletons or carcases are sometimes found in the spring-time im-bedded in avalanches. Instances ha,ve been known, too, of chamois being snowed-up, and starved to death, near the trunks of trees, beneath whose branches they hadsought shelter. The branches, pressed down to the ground by the weight of thesnow, have enclosed them as it were in a cage, and prevented their escape. Suchcases, however, are rare, though it is common enough for chamois to take up theirabode underneath fir-trees in the winter-time. Birds like the Grouse and Ptarmigan often perish in the snow. They fre-quently dive under it, when it is loose, either to take refuge from the cold, orfrom some winged enemy, and if it be towards evening when they enter it, theyremain until the morning. Should then a sharp frost come on during the night, ahard crust is formed on the surface, through which the birds find it impossible topenetrate, and they then die of hunger. PLATE
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THE AVALAMCHE, THE AVALANCHE. 71 Besides birds and Chamois, even larger animals, such as deer, are at timesentrapped in falling snow; although, from their not being denizens of lofty moun-tain ranges, they are exposed merely to imitations of alpine avalanches, and thefleecy clouds that envelope them, do no more harm than perhaps to cover themfor a few moments. Such an event is depicted in the accompanying engraving. Slowly wending their way amongst the passes of the Scottish hills, a num-ber of Red-deer are seeking better pasturing ground. They anticipate no dangerin the rocky defile, and the antlered leader of the little band moves carelesslyalong with lowered head, intent, apparently, only upon the eatable articles he maybe able to gather. The more timid hinds frequently lift their graceful heads, andthrowing their pointed ears forward, snuff the pure, fresh breeze, in order to detectany danger that may be lurking near. So the deer move on, to incur a danger they are unable, with al

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