i’:e rain, which in that country continues for 
months together. 
The Pen file Grofbeak, which inhabits Mada- 
gafear, compofes its neft of ftraw and ree.K, in¬ 
terwoven in the fhape of a bag, fattened above 
to the twig of a tree, which overhangs the wa¬ 
ter. The entrance is from below, and the real 
neft is placed on one fide, within this curious 
contrivance. Every year the bird fattens a new 
neft to the end of the laft, and five are often,found 
hanging one from another. Like Rooks they build 
in fociety, and five or fix hundred nefts have 
been'feen on one tree. 
The Minute Grofbeak is only the fize of a 
Wren, it inhabits Surinam, and Cayenne. They 
live in pairs, the male never forfaking the female. 
It is a fprightly bird, frequenting lands that have 
been for fome time uncultivated, and even ap¬ 
proaching habitations. The neft is about two 
inches acrofs. 
Another fpecies called the Coly, is placed by 
Linmeus among the Grofbeaks, its tail is wedge- 
form, like the tail of a Pheafant. 
