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LaPenduline ^/../.v^p.433. LANG&EDOC 



Melange du Languedoc, PL ml. 70s, F. 1 . »p 



T E N G T H four inches. Bill full four lines ; colour black ; Description. 



the edge of the upper mandible yellow brown : top of the 

 head grey : the upper parts of the body rufous grey ; beneath 

 the fame, but paler : upper wing coverts blackifh, with rufous 

 margins ; the fecondary quills the fame, but paler at the ends ; 

 the greater quills blackifh, with whitifh margins : tail black 

 alfo, but margined with rufous : legs lead-colour. 



We meet with this bird in Languedoc; and in manners it may Place ani> 

 well vie with the former, being not inferior in regard to the 

 conftruftion of the neft ; which is pretty large, in refpedl to the 

 fize of the bird, being in fhape like, and not much lefs than, the 

 egg of an Oftrich ; the longeft diameter is fix inches, the fhorteft 

 three inches and a half. It fixes this neft on a forked twig of the 

 Poplar, furrounding it with wool ; employing the downy part of 

 the Poplar-flower, and fuch other materials as the Iaft fpecies 

 makes ufe of. This is likewife open only on one fide, but the 

 entrance is ftill more furprifing ; for it conftrufts a kind of por- 

 tico over it, projecting almoft three quarters of an inch, whereby 

 there is an additional fecurity againft the accidents of wind, 

 rain, and other inconveniences. 



This is called at Languedoc the Wild Canary-bird *, 



• Hiji. des ot/. 



Manners, 



Paras 



