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| ¥ \THE NATURAL HISTORY. 
The Fantail Grofbeak inhabits Virginia, sit 
carries its tail ipread in in an chinign gs direction, 
ae Fhe Philippine Cretieek ies amoft curious 
“neft, in the form of a cylinder, only fwelling out 
in the middle. It is compofed of the fine fibres of 
leaves, and fufpended from the extreme branch 
-ofatree. The entrance is at the bottom, and 
after afcending tothe wideft part, the proper neft 
is made there, towards one fide ; here the inge- 
nious little bird hatches her young in fecurity, 
Another Grofbeak very nearly refembling the 
Philippine Grofbeak, makes a curious neft ina 
fpiral fhape, like the fhell of the Nautilus 5 
and fufpends it from a flender twig, over the 
water, always turning the opening towards that 
quarter, where the leaft rain may be expected, | 
The Abyfinian Grofbeak’s neft is not Jefs ine 
genioufly contrived ; itis fufpended like the others; 
its form is that of a pyramid, with an opening: 
towards the eaft ; the cavity is divided by 4 
partition ; after’ sdéeititic a little way, the bird 
defcends again into its neft, on the other fide of 
the partition, which by this means is fecured from 
monkies, fauirrels, | and {nakes, as well as from 
the 
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