i'HE GROUND ROBIN. TAILOR BIRD. CACTUS BIRD. 



Ground Robin. 



Bullfinch. 



The Ground Robin is an inhabitant of Canada, and the United States, even to the base of the Rocky 

 Mountains, and the peninsula of Florida, migrating, however, from the northern and middle states in 

 October, and returning again about the middle or close of April. They pass the winter generally to the 

 south of Pennsylvania, and are then very abundant in all the milder state« in the Uuion. It is a very 

 common, humble, and unsuspicious bird, dwelling commonly in thick, dark woods and their borders, flying 

 low, and frequenting thickets near streams of water, where it spends much time in scratching up the 

 withered leaves for worms and their larvae. 



Of the Climbing Cactus Bird little is known, save that it is an inhabitant of the tropical portions of the 

 western hemisphere. Its name is taken from its habit of climbing the cactus plant, of the region to 

 which it belongs, as our Woodpecker climbs trees. 



The Tailor Bird is a native of Ceylon, whence its curious nest is very frequently brought. It is for the 

 most part composed of two leaves, one of them being dead; the latter is fixed by the ingenious Bird to 

 the living leaf as it hangs from the tree, by sewing both together, like a pouch or purse ; this is open at 

 the top, the cavity being filled with fine down ; it is suspended from the branch, so as in great measure to 

 secure it from the attacks of reptiles and monkeys. 



Tailor Bird's Nest. 



Nest of Tailor Bird. 



Climbing: Cactus Bird* 



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