. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE SOCIABLE WEAVER BiRD. 439. Sociable Weaver Bird. Large as is the domicile, and capable at last of containing a vast number of parents and young, it is originally the work of a single pair, and attains its enormous dimensions by the labors of those birds which choose to associate in common. The first task of this Weaver Bird is to procure a large quantity of the herb which really seems as if made expressly for the purpose. This is a grass with a very lar
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE SOCIABLE WEAVER BiRD. 439. Sociable Weaver Bird. Large as is the domicile, and capable at last of containing a vast number of parents and young, it is originally the work of a single pair, and attains its enormous dimensions by the labors of those birds which choose to associate in common. The first task of this Weaver Bird is to procure a large quantity of the herb which really seems as if made expressly for the purpose. This is a grass with a very large, very tough, and very wiry blade, which is known to the colonists as Booschmannie grass, probably because it grows plentifully in that part of Southern Africa where the Bushmen, or Bosjesmans live. They carry this grass to some suitable tree, which is usually a species of acacia, called by the Dutch colonists Kameel-dorn {Aca- cia giraffa), because the giraffe, which the Dutch persist in calling a kameel or camel, is fond of grazing on the leaves. This is a most appropriate tree for the purpose, as the wood is extremely. 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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