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preparing it, the male picks up a filament of the Tillandsia 

 usneoides and attaches it by its two extremities to two neigh- 

 bouring branches. Soon after, the female comes, inspects his 

 work, and places another fibre across that of her companion. 

 Thus by their alternate labours a net is formed, which soon 

 assumes the shape of a nest, and as it advances towards its 



CREsTED CASSIQUE. 



BAI/riMOIiE ORIOLE. 



completion, the affection of the tender couple seems to increase. 

 The tissue is so loose as to allow the air to pass through its 

 meshes, and as the parents know that the excessive heat of 

 summer would incommode their young, they suspend their nest 

 so as to catch the cooler breeze of the north-east when breed- 

 ing in Louisiana ; while in more temperate regions, such as 



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