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é The Penfile Grofbeak. which inhabits Madac 
gafcar, compofes its neft of ftraw and reeds, in- _ 
terwoven in the fhape of a bag, faftened 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 faitens a new 
nell to the end of the Jaft, and five are often found _ 
zi hanging one fromanother, Like Rooks they build 
in fociety, and five or fix hundred nefts have 
beenvfeen on one tree. | 
The Minute Grofbeak is ss the fize of a 
: ‘Wren, itinhabits Surinam, and Cayenne, ‘They 
q live in pairs, the male never forfaking the female. 
tis a fprightly bird, frequenting lands that have 
been for fome time uncultivated, and even ap= 
_— Proaching habitations. The nel is about two 
1 inches acro{s. oe | 
ut 
icthce fpecies called the Coly, is placed by | 
Linnzus among the Grofbeaks; its tail is Wenge 
« tm, like the tail of a Pheafant. 
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