. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 2(J0 THH SYNALLAXINK BIKDS. lliL- )VLM1-I)inl IS ii l,,,l,i I,111,, ..n-iitiiiv, caviiif,' as has hwn luuAuM tor tlu! proximity ul' mau, uihI attacking,' licrcsly any otln-r l) that ini-Iit l,Mt,|â.ii to appmuli too closi'ly to its , ,iâjr detiautly tlu! \vliil(>. It is a .|iii,.k activo binl, tnppm,^' over tliu ^n-ouiul with rapiditv whih. scardiin^Miftcr its pivv' and 13 a uiost iiivanahly foiuid in conipaMv with its iiiato.' Tlic lli-
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 2(J0 THH SYNALLAXINK BIKDS. lliL- )VLM1-I)inl IS ii l,,,l,i I,111,, ..n-iitiiiv, caviiif,' as has hwn luuAuM tor tlu! proximity ul' mau, uihI attacking,' licrcsly any otln-r l) that ini-Iit l,Mt,|â.ii to appmuli too closi'ly to its , ,iâjr detiautly tlu! \vliil(>. It is a .|iii,.k activo binl, tnppm,^' over tliu ^n-ouiul with rapiditv whih. scardiin^Miftcr its pivv' and 13 a uiost iiivanahly foiuid in conipaMv with its iiiato.' Tlic lli-ht of tlio ()v.'n-l)ir,l Is not at all str.)ii- il mMoiu indulovs m any aerial ex.' boyuiid a short Hi dit liom om- hush to Hoth scxoa takn part in tUo construction of the nest ca, |, Koin;^: alternately for > u| -lav, straw, and ^'n^â st( /ns, \ uikiu" them well l(.r,.tl|,,,. and then llym- for a l-ad an .soon as its umW has arrived. It feeds ou insects, liaviiig a si-oial liking of tlie l)eutlo OVKN UIUU. I'liiiuiriiis fi(liijin'' There is an allied oenus of Oven-lM', termed Crm'Uii)|.;><, flie members of which arc found upon thii ncstern of South Am-riea, and gemirallv fre(pient th sca-shoiv where they feed upon (he smaller crustaceaiw and They are rather daring litth' birds, and will seek their \nvy at some distance from shore, perching upon the fronds of floating sea-weed, and pecking out the various mariiu ivatures tlia! are always to he tound m such localities. Like the true , they are careless of the presence of man, an. are ,so fearless that they can almost he taken hy hand. Indeed, one vova.â Snds are .jf small ., they all build nesi vhich aight easily be t! labours of some hawk or crow. The nest of oi,. . oft(,n fr.)in ti .ee to four l in len^tk and IS very .,p,.nly in \nv >| it escapes
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