THE SOCIABLE WEAVER BIRD. 19 
Weaver Bird, Of course so enormous a structure is not 
the work of a single pair, but, like the dam of the Beaver, 
is made by the united efforts of the community. How 
it is built will now be described. 
SOCIABLE WEAVER BIRD. 
Large as is the domicile, and capable at last of contain- 
ing a vast number of parents and young, it is originally 
the work of a single pair, and attains its enormous 
