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PENUULINE TIT, 
pieces of wool and tlie roots of coucli-grass. The length 
of the susjiending rope varies very much, INI, Schintz 
has figured one, which was brought to me, in 1823, 
from the environs of St, Gilles, (Gard,) by General dc 
Fregeville, It was suspended to an old aspen on the 
borders of the lesser Rhone, by a cord four centimetres 
and a half long, 
Guettard has figured two nests of the Penduline, the 
cords of both being finished by a sort of buckle which 
surrounds a small branch, I have never seen this sort 
of fastening. Those I have observed were always twisted 
round a bending branch, while both assisted in sup- 
porting it as well as constituted a part of its structure. 
Thus suspended by a flexible cord, this pretty little 
cradle is gently rocked above the surface of the river 
or marsh, where the insects upon which the Remitz 
feed are found in abundance. The opening of the nest 
always faces the marsh or river near which it is built. 
The nest is composed of tufts of thistles, dandelions, 
viper grass, but above all the light and silken down 
which surrounds the catkins of willows and poplars. 
There is also found in it horse-hair and other animal 
materials, but only when vegetable substances are scarce. 
I had a nest from the neighbourhood of Pezenas, which 
was almost entirely composed of sheep’s wool, and which 
had consequently a very strong smell of the grease of 
that animal. 
Having brought together the materials necessary for 
its nest, the Remitz interlaces them, felts them, gums 
them together, and thus produces a sort of thick cloth, 
very close and firm. (It is in fact a real cloth or felt.) 
This tissue is strengthened with the narrow leaves of 
grasses, fibres, and rootlets, which sometimes stick out 
of the exterior. Thus the frame-work is made. One 
