. The bird. Birds. The description given by Paterson appeared fabulous , but it has been confirmed by Levaillant, who frequently encountered in Africa, _- studied, and investigated the strange community. The engraving given in the " Ai'chitecture of Birds" enables the '^ reader more readily to comprehend his ' narration. It is the image of an im- mense umbrella planted on a tree, and shading under its common roof more than three hundred habitations. " I caused it to be brought to me," says Levaillant, " by several men, who set it on a vehicle. I cut it with an axe, and
. The bird. Birds. The description given by Paterson appeared fabulous , but it has been confirmed by Levaillant, who frequently encountered in Africa, _- studied, and investigated the strange community. The engraving given in the " Ai'chitecture of Birds" enables the '^ reader more readily to comprehend his ' narration. It is the image of an im- mense umbrella planted on a tree, and shading under its common roof more than three hundred habitations. " I caused it to be brought to me," says Levaillant, " by several men, who set it on a vehicle. I cut it with an axe, and saw that it was in the main a mass *. of Booschmannie grass, without any \ \J^ ^ ' mixture, but so strongly woven together 11^^ ' it was impossible for the rain to ^ penetrate. This is only the framework of the edifice ; each bird constructs for himself a separate nest under the com- mon pavilion. The nests occupy only tlie leverse of the roof; the upper part remains empty, without, however, being useless ; for, raised more than the remainder of the pile, it gives to the whole a sufficient inclination, and thus preserves each little habitation. In two words, let the reader figure to him- self a gTcat oblique and iiTCgular roof, whose edge in the interior is garnished with nests ranged close to one another, and he will have an exact idea of these singular edifices. " Each nest is three or four inches in dia- meter, which is sufficiently large for the bird ; but as they are in close contact around the roof, they appear to the / N. 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 Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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