WONDERFUL BIRDS' NESTS. 



I'he hanging nest of the Phillipine Sunbirds (]) is constructed of vef^etat^le fibres held (oi;ether by spiders' webs, and is cleverly 

 secured to a branch, In that of the Cape Penduline Tit (2) great skill is displayed in the felrini,' of the cotton or wool employed. The 

 foundation of the Tailor-bird's nest (3) consists of leaves sewn together with catterpiliars' silk. The Blood-breasted Flower-pecker's 

 nest (4) resembles that of the Sunbird. 



