XVI CONTENTS. 



How the Nest is made. — Division of Labor. — Lover's Quarrels.— Structure of the 

 Nest. — Humming-birds again. — The Fiekt Topaz. — Its nocturnal Habits. — Ap- 

 pearance of the Nest. — Its Shape, and the Materials of vfhich it is made. — The 

 Hebmit HnMMiNG-BiRDs and their Nests. — The KnBr-THKOATED Humming-bibd. 

 — Variable Dimensions of the Nest. — Concealment. — ^Mr. Webber and his Dis- 

 coveries. — Variable Form and Positions of the Nest. — Materials of which it is 

 made. — Its deceptive Exterior. — Feeding of the Young. — The Vervain Hum- 

 ming-bird. — How the Nest assumes its Shape. — The Red-backed Shrike. — Use 

 of the Shrike in Falconry. — ^Their singular Mode of Feeding. — ^Impaled Prey. — 

 Conspicuous Character of the Nest. — ^Popular Ideas concerning the Red-backed 

 Shrike. — Structure of the Nest. — The Hedge Sparrow. — Its proper Title. — Care- 

 lessness ahoutits Nest. — Foes of the Hedge Sparrow. — Its Fecundity.... Page 564 



CHAPTER XXX. 



BEANCH-BUILDBKS. 



SPIDERS AND INSECTS. 



Remarkable Spider Nests in the British Museum. — Seed-nests and Leaf-nests. — 

 Nests of the Tuited Spider. — ^Form and Coloring of the Spider. — Its curious 

 Limbs. — Nests illustrative of the Hexagonal Principle. — Nest of the Icaria. — 

 The Equal Pressure and Excavation Theories. — Nest of Mischootttarus and its 

 remarkable Form. — Nest of the Raphigaster. — Summary of the Argument. — 

 The Processionart Moth. — Reasons for its Name. — How the Larvse march. — 

 Damage done by them to Trees. — A natural Remedy. — ^The Calosoma and its 

 Habits. — The Gipst Moth. — Its Ravages upon Trees and Mode of destroying ill. 

 — The Social Principle among Caterpillars. — Mr. Rennie's Experiments. — The 

 Lackey Moth. — Supposed derivations of its popular Name. — ^The Eggs, Larvse, 

 and perfect Insects. — Habits of the Moth. — ^The Brown-tailed Moth. — Locality 

 where it is found. — Its Ravages abroad. — Nests of thelcARiA as they appear in 

 Branches. — The Apoica : its remarkable Nests. — Singular Nests from the British 

 Museum. — Nests discovered by Mr. Lord 582 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



MISCELLANEA. 



The POLTZOA and their varied and beautiful Forms. — The Rapt Spider. — Why so 

 called. — Mode of obtaining Prey. — Mice and their Homes. — The Campagnol or 

 Harvest-mouse. — Its general Habits. — Its winter and summer Nest. — Its Store- 

 house and Provisions. — Entrance to the Nest. — The Wood Mouse and its Nest. 

 — Uses of the Field-mice. — The Domestic Mouse. — ^Various Nests. — Rapidity 

 of Nest-building. — A Nest in a Bottle. — The Cell of the Queen Termite. — Its 

 Entrances and Exits. — Size of the Inmates. — The Fungus Ant and its singular 

 Home. — Material, Structure, and Size of the Nest. — The Clothes Moths and 

 their various Species. — Habitations of the Clothes Moth, and the Method of For- 

 mation and Enlargement. — The Elk and its winter Home. — The Snow Fortress 

 and its Leaguers. — Its Use, Advantages, and Dangers. — The Albatross and its 

 Mode of Nesting.— Strange Scenes.— The Edible Swallow.— Its Mode of Nest- 

 ing. — Origin of its Name. — Description of the Nest. — Curious Legend respecting 

 the Bird. — The Eagle and its Mode of Nesting. — Difficulty of reaching the Eyrie. 

 — The Nightingale and its Nest.— Other ground-building Birds and their tem- 

 porary Homes. — The Noddy. — Perilous Position of the Eggs and Young. The 



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