94 THE ARCHITECTURE OF BIRDS. 



and felted together, that it might have been taken 

 for a piece of fine cloth a little worn, the tissue be- 

 ing so compact and close that it would have been im- 

 possible to detach a particle of the materials with- 

 out tearing the texture to pieces ; yet was this only 

 effected by the process which I have already de- 



Ntsl of the Capocier (Sylvia macroura, LATHAM), from Vaittanfs 

 figure. 



