CONTENTS. 



Basket-making Birds of Africa 67 



The Locust-eating Thrush ib. 



The Pensile Grosbeak 68 



Nest described by Pringle ...... ib. 



The Bottle-nested Sparrow of Hindostan . . . .69 



The Sociable Grosbeak 70 



The Account of Vaillant 71 



CHAPTER VII. WEAVER AND TAILOR BIRDS. 



The Weaver Oriole 72 



Difficulty of a Bird to interweave Materials . . . 74 



American Weaver Birds ib. 



The Kingbird ib. 



The White-eyed Fly-catcher ib. 



The Baltimore Starling 75 



Interesting Account of, by Wilson ib. 



Nest of the Tchitrec, according to Vaillant . . .78 



Tailor Birds 79 



Difficulty of a Bird to sew with its Beak . . . . ib. 



Wilson's Account of the Orchard Starling . . . ib. 



The Bonana Starling ....... 81 



The Tailor-bird of the East Indies 82 



CHAPTER VIII.-FELT-MAKING BIRDS. 



Varieties in the Materials employed by Felt-making Birds 83 



Nest of the Goldfinch 84 



Nest of the Pine-pine ........ ib. 



Vaillant's Description of . . . . . . .85 



Perch-cell for the Cock Bird ib. 



Inferior Workmanship of Young Birds .... 88 



Humming-bird's Nest ........ ib. 



Wilson's Description ib. 



Localities chosen by the Red-throated Species . . 89 



Structure of its Nest ib. 



Capocier's Nest, according to Vaillant . . . .90 



History of the Building from the Commencement . . 91 

 Assistance rendered by the Male Capocier . . .92 



Feltwork of the Nest 94 



CHAPTER IX. CEMENTERS. 



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 Glands in the Bird . . . .97 



