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Nests of certain Flycatchers — Of various Swallows — Of certain 

 Tyrant Birds— Of certain Chatterers— Of the Pittas— Of various 

 Wood Hewers— Of the Oven Bird— Of certain species of Pteropto- 

 chidae — General Remarks ....... 207 



CHAPTER VII 



Pendulous Nests 



Erroneous opinions respecting Pendulous Nests — Definition of Pendulous 

 Nests — Rarity of this type in Avine Architecture — Variation in 

 shape of Nest in same species— Nests of the Penduline Tits— Of 

 various Flower-peckers — Of certain Honey-eaters — Of various 

 species of Gerygone— Of the Glossy Starlings— Of the Weaver-birds 

 —Of the Indian Weaver-bird— Extraordinary Nest of this Species— 

 Of the Yellow-crowned Weaver — Various shapes of Weaver-birds' 

 Nests — Method of building adopted by Weaver-birds — Weaver- 

 birds a striking feature of Eastern Bird Life — Nests of the Hang- 

 nests — Shape and dimensions of Nests — Changes in Materials used 

 according to locality occupied by species— Nest of Baltimore Oriole 

 — Reason displayed by Birds in Nest-building — Most typical 

 Pendulous Nests — Of various Cassiques — Nests of the Cassiques a 

 feature in tropical American scenery — The Cow Birds — Parasites 

 — Various facts relating to Pendulous Nests — Enemies to Birds and 

 Eggs— Resume of previous chapters and conclusion . . .251 



INDEX 273 



