. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. 524 PASSERINES. shaped, occasionally round; in fact, they are of every imagin- able outline. Mr. Swainson describes the nest of a species of Loxia built on a branch extending oyer a river or a pool of water, shaped like a chemist's retort suspended from the head, while the shank was eight or ten inches long, at the bottom of which was the entrance, all but touching the Fig. 234—Java Sparrows, or Bice Birds [Loxia oryzivora, Linn.). Anothe
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. 524 PASSERINES. shaped, occasionally round; in fact, they are of every imagin- able outline. Mr. Swainson describes the nest of a species of Loxia built on a branch extending oyer a river or a pool of water, shaped like a chemist's retort suspended from the head, while the shank was eight or ten inches long, at the bottom of which was the entrance, all but touching the Fig. 234—Java Sparrows, or Bice Birds [Loxia oryzivora, Linn.). Another species of the Ploceince construct their nests in a clump under one roof or cover, each nest having a separate entrance on the under side, but not communicating with that next it. Another variety is said each year to attach a new nest to that of the previous year, and nothing is more picturesque than these groups of nests thus suspended to the branches of a tree. But the most curious of birds, in respect to nidification, are the Republican Weaver Birds {Loxia soda, Latham). These establish themselves, to the number of five or six hundred, upon the same tree, constructing their nests under a common roof, the one back- ing against the other, like the cells of a bee-hive, all living together in the happiest manner. The Buntings {Emberizidce) are intimately associated with the Passerine birds. They are characterised by a short, stout, conical bill, the upper mandible narrower than the lower, its dorsal outline. 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 Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker, ed. Springfield, Mass. , W. J. Holland
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