PERCHING-BIRDS. 121 
(2118 a), the Rufous (2117), Aquatic (2122), Great Reed- (shewn with 
its nest at the foot of the Case) (2141), Melodious (2133), Icterine (2132), 
and Radde’s Warblers (2142), the Northern (2145 a), Greenish (2152), 
Pallas’ (2153), and the Yellow-browed (2154) Willow-Warblers, the 
Northern Chiffchaff (2143 a), the Sub-alpine (2155), Barred (2156), 
Orphean (2157), Sardinian (2157 a), and Cetti’s (2157 b) Warblers ; 
while Savi’s Warbler (2158), to be seen with its nest at the foot of 
the Case, formerly bred in the Eastern counties of England, but has 
disappeared since the draining of the fens. The Tailor-birds (Suéoria) 
(2124) are specially interesting on account of the skill they display in 
the construction of their nests. By sewing the edges of one or more 
leaves together they form a pocket in which they build a nest of fine 
grass, cotton, down, and hair. 
Far the most brilliant forms are found among the beautiful little 
species of the genus Malurus (2159-63), chiefly found in Australia, and 
the Emu-Wren (Stipiturus malachurus) (2167) from the same country 
is worthy of note, on account of its long spiny tail-feathers with curious 
decomposed webs. 
Family XII. Virronip®. GREENLETS. 
This small family, including about sixty arboreal species, mostiy 
olive or greenish in colour, is peculiar to the New World. Though 
evidently allied to the Shrikes, which they resemble in the notched bill 
beset with bristles, the young in first plumage do not differ much from 
the adults and are never barred, and in this and other respects they 
resemble the Warblers. The species of Vireo (2174-1) suspend their 
firm cup-shaped nest from a horizontal fork and lay white eggs, spotted 
with red and purple. 
Family XIII. Ampretipm, CuHarrerers. 
The Chatterers form a somewhat ill-defined family belonging to the 
group of Passeres which possesses only nine primary quills. They are 
chiefly northern in their habitat, but certain tropical genera are found 
in North and Central America. The best known of the Chatterers is 
the Waxwing (Ampelis garrulus) (2179), which is found in the northern 
parts of both hemispheres and occasionally visits Britain in some 
numbers. Its name is derived from the sealing-wax-like tips of the 
secondary quills. The movements of this species are very irregular and 
uncertain; on the approach of winter it appears here and there in 
immense flocks in quest of seeds and berries. The nest is made of 
twigs and moss lined with feathers, and the eggs are stone-grey, spotted 
with blackish-brown. Another well-known species is the American 
Cedar-bird (A. cedrorum) (2180). 
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