What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.