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NEST OF TAILOR-BIRD. 



immediate part of southern China. It lives in close proximity to the 

 ground, and is seldom seen in trees, except while passing from one 

 feeding ground to another. The flight of the bird is very noticeable. 

 It passes from tree to tree with the seeming effort of a wounded bird, 

 or one that has been drenched with the pouring rain. The little pair 

 seem to be very devoted to each other, and are just as inseparable dur- 

 ing the winter months as during the baeeding season. 



Often while busy in search of food, the little pair become separated 

 and one of the birds mounts some pinnacle and utter a clear loud note 

 which brings a low response from the mate from the nearby bush, and 

 soon the happv pair are at work side by side peering into every crevice 

 and among the dead leaves for miller or larva which makes up the daily 

 diet. 



The notes of the bird, like its actions, very much resemble those of 

 the Carolina Wren. You have all heard the Wren from some fence 

 post call its mate Eiigcna, eii-ge-na, cu-ge-na, and in like manner do we 

 often hear the little Tailor-bird call Tii-dok, tu-dok, tu-dok, which happens 

 to be the name of many little Chinese boys. 



