. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. â¢Â«*f ^ NKST OF THE SPOTTF'h FIA'CATCIIKIl. 357 n (vs a cliHtirict tlu"/ IIIIIV Ih' U'S (.'iilleil the thiiH ono occasion hcen sfflccted for tlio rmipoHo, und in oiu! inslmifo tlu; nest rt'tninorl its iiiisitiuii iiltlimif^li tli(^ (liHir Wits rcjuMlcilly oiicncd iiiid , until a mure Hcverc sliock t|i;iii (iidiumy hIuioU Hit' cj^'^s out of tin; ncHt and iuokc llicni. It is fund ol' sclt'cting Houic luiinan lialiitation fnr the locality in wliirli il its ni'st, and its titlc
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. â¢Â«*f ^ NKST OF THE SPOTTF'h FIA'CATCIIKIl. 357 n (vs a cliHtirict tlu"/ IIIIIV Ih' U'S (.'iilleil the thiiH ono occasion hcen sfflccted for tlio rmipoHo, und in oiu! inslmifo tlu; nest rt'tninorl its iiiisitiuii iiltlimif^li tli(^ (liHir Wits rcjuMlcilly oiicncd iiiid , until a mure Hcverc sliock t|i;iii (iidiumy hIuioU Hit' cj^'^s out of tin; ncHt and iuokc llicni. It is fund ol' sclt'cting Houic luiinan lialiitation fnr the locality in wliirli il its ni'st, and its titlcH n\' IJoam I'.ird and Wail IJird liiiv(' Imm-h pivon to it liooaiM' it is in tins lialiit of nmUinp its hoinn on or tlic liiilcs ol walls. Tlio bmnclies of a pear, apricot, vine, (r lioneyisucklc aro liiviii'iilo resorts of tlif S])olt(>d Klvunti'luT, wlion tlio tret; has hccn tniincd apain i n wall. The Uird siviiis to be m tlio lialiit of re- turning to tlio same spot year after ycnr ; and as in one* case tlio same locality was occn]>ied for a series of tw(^nty eonsocntivc years, it is most ])roliahle that the yonn;,' may Iiavo sncci^cdedto the domains ol their parents. The nest is generally round niid eup-shai)ed, and is made of fiiK! grasses, moss, roots, hair, iin<l feailiers, tho harder materials i'diniini, tho walls of tho nest, ;aiil the softer being employed aa Ihiing. I once watched one of these binlsiu th(! act of building her nest, iind was gri'atly interested by tho manner in which the business was conducted. First she arranged a rather large bundle of lino dry I^Tiiss in the thick fork of some branches, and having ])eckcd it aliiuit for scnne little time as if to ,.li(ike it uf) regularl\-, she satin tiic ini<ldl(' of it, and by a rapid movement of her wings spun round and round like a top, so as to product' a shallow, cup-like hoi- low. She then fetched some more grasses, and after arranging them jiartly around the edge and partly on the
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