. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. IME UVES lilkl). 113 larius, whose luiljits of nesting, however, aie very different. He says:â"It buikls its nest at tlie bottom of a narrow cylindrical hole, ^^â llich is said to extend horizontally to nearly six feet under ground. Several of tlie country people told me that when boys, they had attempted to dig out the nest, but had scai-cely ever succeeded in getting to the end. The bird chooses any low bank of firm sandy soil by the side of a road or stream. At the settlement of Bahia Blanca the walls are built of hardened mud ; an
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. IME UVES lilkl). 113 larius, whose luiljits of nesting, however, aie very different. He says:â"It buikls its nest at tlie bottom of a narrow cylindrical hole, ^^â llich is said to extend horizontally to nearly six feet under ground. Several of tlie country people told me that when boys, they had attempted to dig out the nest, but had scai-cely ever succeeded in getting to the end. The bird chooses any low bank of firm sandy soil by the side of a road or stream. At the settlement of Bahia Blanca the walls are built of hardened mud ; and I noticed one, enclosing a court-yard where I lodged, which was penetrated by round holes in a score of places. On asking the owner the cause of this, he bitterly complained of the little Casarita, several of which I afterwards observed at ; Mr. Bartlett found two species of Sderurus in the ITpiHjr Amazon, and states that these birds are always found in dense forests on the gi-ound, hunting for insects. The Spine-tails are described by M. D'Orbigny as being insect-eating birds of lively. OVEN BIUD. habits, many of them being very tame, and he mentions how one species, the Synallaxis troglodytoides (the Wren-like Spine-tail), visited maritime plants when he was in the neighbourhood of Bahia de San Bias, in Patagonia. Each individual rested hardly two minutes in the same place, being always in motion, running over each branch in turn, ascending and descending incessantly, showing no fear. The whole troop flew off at once and settled again at a little distance off, but on a shot being fired, they all disappeared. Tlie same wT-iter also states that some of the Spine-tails live more in the thickets, and frequent the bushes and big plants, sometimes rather near the water, at others in more arid localities. Many of them are found in the cold regions, as well as the temperate and hot portions of the American continent. Of the Woodhewers, which are larger birds, but little
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