. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE WHITE-SHAFTED FANTAIL. 247. The Lanceolate Honey eater iPlecioi ItyTwhus lanceoUttus').^ bird, and is very deep, so that when the mother is sitting on her eggs, or brooding over her young, she is obliged to pack herself away very carefully, her. tail projecting at one side of the nest and her head at the other. OtJE last example of the Australian pensile nests is one which is made by the White-shafted Fantail {Bhipidura albica), a native of Yan Dieman's
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE WHITE-SHAFTED FANTAIL. 247. The Lanceolate Honey eater iPlecioi ItyTwhus lanceoUttus').^ bird, and is very deep, so that when the mother is sitting on her eggs, or brooding over her young, she is obliged to pack herself away very carefully, her. tail projecting at one side of the nest and her head at the other. OtJE last example of the Australian pensile nests is one which is made by the White-shafted Fantail {Bhipidura albica), a native of Yan Dieman's Land, and the southern and western por- tions of Australia. It is rather a pretty bird, being boldly marked with black and white, and is remarkable for the fact that the shafts and tips of the tail-feathers are pure white, the central feathers only excepted. It derives its popular name of Baatail from its habit of spreading its tail like a fan while descending, and as the tail is very broad, the action has a really remarkable effect. The nest of this bird is of a figure not very easy to describe, but an idea of it may be formed from a common wine-strainer, with a very long and straight spout. The nest is attached to a branch rather below the middle of the cup, .so that the long spout hangs down like a tail, quite independent of the bough. What. 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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