. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 268 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. wood that can be obtained, robs the insect, and builds its own nest with the spoils. The interior of the nest is lined with the fine roots of plants and dry pine-leaves, which latter materials af- ford a softer bed than their shape seems to indicate. As we are near the end of our list of pensile birds, we must turn to Asia for a specimen as reiparkable as any which has yet been mentioned. This js the nest (jf the Ba-ta Sparrow, some
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 268 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. wood that can be obtained, robs the insect, and builds its own nest with the spoils. The interior of the nest is lined with the fine roots of plants and dry pine-leaves, which latter materials af- ford a softer bed than their shape seems to indicate. As we are near the end of our list of pensile birds, we must turn to Asia for a specimen as reiparkable as any which has yet been mentioned. This js the nest (jf the Ba-ta Sparrow, some- times called the Toddy Bird, a native of several parts of India, and found in Baya Sparrow. As may be seen by the illustration, the nests are variable in shape, and hang close to each other; indeed, the birds are very sociable in all their manners, and fly about in great numbers, flocks of thousands flitting among the branches and displaying their pretty plumage to the sun. They have no song, and can only chirp in a monotonous manner; but the want of song finds its compensation in the brilliancy of the plumage, which is mostly bright yellow, the wings, back, and tail being brown. They are particularly fond of the acacias and date trees, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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