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SPIDERS. 



spin a web, he says that, catching sight of one of these 

 spiders, he was attracted by its movements. It was in the 

 crevices of a tree, across which was stretched a dense web. 

 The lower portion of the web was broken, and two small 



3IYGALE AVICULARIA SEIZING A LIZARD. 



birds, — finches, — were entangled in the pieces. They were 

 the size of the English linnet, and probably male and female. 

 One was quite dead, the other lay dying under the body of 



