. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. llectnr will ufti'ii '''ilH KSCULExVT SWALLOW. Among tlid uiiiiiy "tmvclIciN'â; i ⢠i ,, from the mulors of 11 i ' ''' ' "'"^'â¢^ ^^''f'' «"'â '' -m,! ⢠r , ^e V â.a,le on |.e , ./ * " '" '.'"; "^''^^'^ Previous assertions .â nokni-u .mis' nest, so as to it ; ' ''"'V"'">'J'-Kts made on niann r r^" mu>\ Yet ,t ,s now a Mell-k,.own fae ttlntT;. ^".X'nno. L
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. llectnr will ufti'ii '''ilH KSCULExVT SWALLOW. Among tlid uiiiiiy "tmvclIciN'â; i ⢠i ,, from the mulors of 11 i ' ''' ' "'"^'â¢^ ^^''f'' «"'â '' -m,! ⢠r , ^e V â.a,le on |.e , ./ * " '" '.'"; "^''^^'^ Previous assertions .â nokni-u .mis' nest, so as to it ; ' ''"'V"'">'J'-Kts made on niann r r^" mu>\ Yet ,t ,s now a Mell-k,.own fae ttlntT;. ^".X'nno. Lât , nios«, feutlu,.s nâd or ,l,s,. a curious wiH.^w i b X I" r '17' *'" ^^'^"'^^«i' 1'« ^id ^'teffi:^SSl?l^;:;,'";^f 'â -' Liii.'hi, {CâUâcah\i fucij,/âuj<,) the Winte-liackedSwallow, (6^,;//,;,,//,, /m/ or/ytev) and tlie Grey-backed .Su-alknv, K^VollomVia Franrim) These nesfs could hardly'bo recoLi-nised as specimens of 'bird architecture by any one who Ind not previously seen them, as they look more like a sot of .'^poMg.'s, corals, or fungi, than nests of birds. They are most irregular in shape, are a( to each other, and are so rudelv made, that the holloM- in M-hieh the eggs and young are intended to live, IS barely jteiceptibie. They are always].laced against the face ot aiM'ipendieularrock, geiierall. KhCULiCNl- â¢I'- HuUjUil. "iMUi (he side of one of the tre laeialous caverns in Java and other places where these strange birds love to dwell. The men who procure the nests art; lowered by 'â "^w!;ri::;^t ^;hr;;Str^ l-lous m .1. e^reme a;tmc|,vei,. aspect, and ihLm,:fi"t;"° ;^ "^f^r^ -'^ ^"all hat they begin to show their sc'iui-filan, s , '''"''^''^''''^^^"^ "'«! cle.^^ fauspareiit substance. The nS a e t ve v IIH ^ ?"^ ''"'l'"^ ^''"^"^'' ^^s part^aHy "' r"a""g a brood of
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