XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



PARASITIC NESTS (CONCLUDED). 



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- 

 vavdts — Galls and the Insects which cause them — Colours of Galls— Whence 

 derived — The Galls of various trees and plants — The Cynips parasites upon an 

 insect — Galls produced by other insects — Mr. Kennie's account of the Beetle 

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

 MAKEKS — Leaf-Miners and Galls— Size of the larvae of Leaf-Miners — The perfect 

 insects and their beauty — Method of displaying the insect — Social Leaf- 

 MiNEKS — DiPTEiious Leaf-Miners — Animal Galls — The Chigoe and its habits 

 Its curious egg-sac— DifiSeulty of extirpating it — The penalty of negligence — 

 The Breeze Flies and their habitations — Wuebles and their origin — Their 

 influence upon cattle — The Clerus and its ravages among the hives — The 

 Dkilus, its remarkable fonn and the difference between the sexes — The curious 

 habitation which it makes .... . 500 



CHAPTEK XXVII. 



BRANCH-BUILDING MAMMALIA. 



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

 position, materials, and Dimensions— Entrance to the nest — The winter trea- 

 sury — The Loire and the Lerot — Man as a Branch-builder — Moselekatze — His 

 conquests — Effects upon the people— Branch -houses — Their approaches . 514 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



FEATHERED BRANCH-BUILDERS. 



Tlie Book and its nesting-place — Materials and structure of the nest — Some 

 habits of the Rook — The Ceow — 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 Goldfinch 

 and its home — Distinction between the nests of the Goldfinch and ChaflBnch — 

 The Bullfinch— Locality and foi-m of its nest — ^Variability of structure — The 

 Blue-eyed Yellow Warbler — Curious materials of its nest — Its remarkable 

 habits— The Bald-headed Eagle — Why so called — Wilson and AudubonVs 

 account of its nest — The Golden Oriole and its beautiful nest — Mode of 

 catching the bird — The Red-winged Starling, its value and demerits — it-s 

 gregarious habits — Locality and structure of its nest — The Yei low-breasted 

 Chat and its odd ways — Its courage and affection for its nest and young — 

 Structure of its nest — the Ringdove and its cuiious 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 520 



