. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE 1!K1)-]5ACKEI) 2Ui) ti''' ill nil even tlic bri-lit scaild, Inu' ol' the lliroat and can lictvay its i)nsiti()n to the III' ic uyi; ul' a i)as,sen<;(n' buluw. Tlie suny of the l)iciuiini,'.iltli(.imli very swfot mill ilowiiifi-, is very soft and faint, and seems to lie an inward warblini,' rather than tlie liiilliant melody Avhich is so eiiernvlieally from the vocal organs of many sinoin^^- liinls. The little hird, howevi'i', is jiossesscd "o
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE 1!K1)-]5ACKEI) 2Ui) ti''' ill nil even tlic bri-lit scaild, Inu' ol' the lliroat and can lictvay its i)nsiti()n to the III' ic uyi; ul' a i)as,sen<;(n' buluw. Tlie suny of the l)iciuiini,'.iltli(.imli very swfot mill ilowiiifi-, is very soft and faint, and seems to lie an inward warblini,' rather than tlie liiilliant melody Avhich is so eiiernvlieally from the vocal organs of many sinoin^^- liinls. The little hird, howevi'i', is jiossesscd "of considerable endnranco, for its shain, allhoiij^h weak, is lon^' continued. The J)icieum is mostly found ;- the thick foliage (if tlie Casuarin;e, and ^fr. (loukl relates that ho frequently saw it tlittinir about tl liianches of a remarkably beautiful ]iarasiti jihnit termed scieutitically the Lorauthus, wliich it seems to visit either to eat the soft viscid berries, or for the ]nir]iose of jireyinii; upon the little insects that come to it 111 on t!i(! Ilowers. Air. (jould prefers the latter supposition. 'I'he llight of the Diea'um is very quick anil dartini^', and it makes more usc^ of its Willis and less of its feet than any of the insect-hunting birds. The nest is nunarkably jiictty, being woven as it wen; out of M'hite riilton cloth, and suspended tVom a branch as ii the twigs had been pushed through its snhstance. The peculiar purse-like shape of the nest is shown in the illustration. The material of which it is woven is the soft ciittoiiy down which is found in the .seed- vessels of many ])lants. The eggs are four or five in luunber, and their colour is a dull givyish-white ]irofusely covered with minute s|irel<les of brown. The two sexes dilfer considerably in the ciiliiuring of their ]ihunage, the male bird being unu'h more bril!i;tnt than his unite. Till! head, back, and ujijirr parts of the aihilt male are deep black with a beautiful siccly-blue gloss, th
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