. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. The Oven-bird 20I period of nest-building, and the secretion is described by him as a thick, adhesive shme, hke unto gum-arabic. By using a little stick it is possible to draw this slime out in threads, and the whole supply can be extracted by twist- ing the stick round and Oven-bird {Fia-narius j-^tfiis)^ and its nest (from specimens in tiie British Museum). Of all the builders of mud-nests, however, there is probably none more wonderful than the Oven - bird {Ftirnarhis i-ufiis), especially as it belongs to the South American family Dciidrocolaptidc
. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. The Oven-bird 20I period of nest-building, and the secretion is described by him as a thick, adhesive shme, hke unto gum-arabic. By using a little stick it is possible to draw this slime out in threads, and the whole supply can be extracted by twist- ing the stick round and Oven-bird {Fia-narius j-^tfiis)^ and its nest (from specimens in tiie British Museum). Of all the builders of mud-nests, however, there is probably none more wonderful than the Oven - bird {Ftirnarhis i-ufiis), especially as it belongs to the South American family Dciidrocolaptidce or Wood-Hewers, most of which are climbing-birds with stiffened tails like that of our own Creeper (^Ceriliia fainiliaris). As among the. 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 Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909. New York, Frederick A. Stokes company
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