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Basket-making Birds of Africa ; ae hy ahs GIST 
‘The Lacust.eating Thrashin 41 7! alee feeb} \) VOR, 
The Pensile Grosbeak. E . : i : . 68 
Nest described by Pringle PA we So, Oa, 
The Bottle-nested Sparrow of Hindostan . : 69 
The Sociable Grosbeak : t : ‘ ‘ i270 
The Account of Vaillant . A : J é oe FT 
CHAPTER VII.—wEavER AND TAILOR BIRDS. 
The Weaver Oriole é 72 
Difficulty of a Bird to interweave Materials : 74 
American Weaver Birds. - J . ° . a 3D; 
The Kingbird . , - : . 2 ib. 
The White- eyed Fly- ‘catcher P f i ‘ fs Abs 
The Baltimore Starling / ° ° . aD 
Interesting Account of, by Wilson . * & t ib. 
Nest of the Tchitrec, many to Vaillant | : . Poe 
Tailor Birds ‘ : . ° phic“, 
Difficulty of a Bird to sew with its Beak. ayy. 
Wilson’s Account of the Orchard Starling ahead hg 4 
The Bonana Starling ; a . F Pie 
The Tailor-bird of the East Indies . . . . . 8 
‘CHAPTER VIII.—re.t-mMakIne BIRDS. 
Varieties i in the Materials employed by Felt-making Birds 83 
Nest of the Goldfinch . ’ oR & Aer tie tha 84 
Nest ofthe Pinc-pinec .  . d Shcae dale ib. 
Vaillant’s Description of . F ; ae " 85 
Perch-cell for the Cock Bird .  . 4 Fi - ae 
Inferior Workmanship of Young Birds . . . . 88 
Humming-bird’s Nest . : ‘ ’ “ A : Means | 
WiJson’s Description ’ : Anti ng 
Localities chosen by the Red- throated Species on ge ae 
Structure of its Nest “10 
Capocier’s Nest, according to Vaillant \ sthe + oe 
History of the Building from the Commencement . . 9! 
Assistance rendered by the Male i 0 wah kn See 
Feltwork ofthe Nest .  . shy Ske. ae 94 
CHAPTER IX.—cemeEnTERS, 
Classifications of Birds ‘ 95 
Few Naturalists have investigated the Cement of Birds ib. 
Cemented Nest of the American Chimney-swallow . 96 
Wilson’s Account of their Mode of Nestling .  . =. ib. 
Cement secreted by Glandsinthe Bird . «ww 9 
