CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



PARASITIC NESTS (Continued). 

 The Oak-tree, and its Aptitude for nourishing Galls. — Compound Galls, or one 

 Gall within another. — The Sensitive Gall of Carolina. — The Fungus of Wine- 

 vaults. — Galls and the Insects which caused them. — Colors of Galls. — Whence 

 derived. — The Galls of various Trees and Plants. — The Cynips parasites upon an 

 Insect. — Galls produced by other Insects. — Mr. Rennie's Account of the Beetle 

 Gall of the Hawthorn. — The Beetle Gall of the Thistle. — Dipterous Gall- 

 makers. — Leaf-miners and Galls. — Size of the Larva; of Leaf-miners. — The per- 

 fect Insect and their Beauty. — Method of displaying the Insect. — Social Leaf- 

 miners. — Dipterous Leaf-miners. — Animal Galls. — The Chigoe and its Hab- 

 its. — Its curious Egg-sac. — Difficulty of extirpating it. — The Penalty of Negli- 

 gence. — The Breeze Flies and their Habitations. — Wurbles and their Origin. 

 — Their influence upon Cattle. — The Clerus and its Ravages among the Hives. 

 — The Drilus, its remarkable Form, and the difference between the Sexes. — The 

 curious Habitation which it makes Page 517 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 BRANCH-BUILDING MAMMALIA. 

 The Dormouse in Confinement and at Liberty. — Nest of the Dormouse. — Its Posi- 

 tion, Materials, and Dimensions. — Entrance to the Nest. — The winter Treasury. 

 — The Loire and the Lerot. — Mai^ as a Branch-builder. — Moselekatze. — Hte 

 Conquests. — Effects upon the People. — Branch-houses. — Their Approaches.. 531 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 FEATHERED BItANCH-BUILDERS. 

 The Rook and its Nesting-place. — Materials and Structure of the Nest. — Some 

 Habits of the Rook. — The Crow. — Difference between the Nest of the Rook and 

 the Crow. — The Heron and its Mode of Nidification. — The Heronry at Walton 

 Hall. — Rustic Ideas respecting the Heron's Nest. — The Chaffinch. — Locality 

 and Structure of its beautiful Nest. — Mode of obtaining Materials. — The Gold- 

 finch and its Home. — Distinction between the Nests of the Goldfinch and Chaf- 

 finch. — The Bullfinch. — Locality and Form of its Nest. — Variability of Struc- 

 ture. — The Blue-eyed Yellow Warbler.— Curious Materials of its Nest. — Its 

 remarkable Habits. — The Bald-headed Eagle. — Why so called. — Wilson and 

 Audubon's Account of its Nest. — The Golden Oriole and its beautiful Nest. — 

 Mode of catching the Bird. — The Red-winged Starling, its Value and Demer- 

 its. — Its gregarious Habits. — Locality and Structure of its Nest. — The Yellow- 

 breasted Chat and its odd Ways. — Its Courage and Affection for its Nest and 

 Young. — Structure of its Nest. — The Ringdove and its curious Nest. — The 

 Whitethroat. — Description of the Locality and Structure of the Nest. — Reasons 

 for its various popular Names. — The Mocking-bird. — The Water Hen and its 

 Nesting. — Its habit of covering the Eggs 538 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



FEATHERED BRANCH-BUILDERS (Continued). 



The Sedge Warbler. — Its Nest and Loquacity. — The Reed Warbler. — "Use of 



its peculiar Tail. — Localities haunted by the Bird. — Song of the Reed Warbler. 



— Its deep and beautifully-balanced Nest. — Color of the Eggs. — The Indigo 



Blrd. — The Capocier. — Familiarity of the Bird. — Le Vaillant's Experiments. — 



