. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ' . p. i; :, ' iai:jv m UiTiN'.—/,•;,(«./.. .i,„i. [If of nests in close proximity to each oilier, but without the slightest attempt at regularity ur order, and with Hie parts sticking out in all directions. Now and then the nest ot this bird is tuuiid within the hollow of some decayed tree. In every case the'inM IS built in some place where water is in the near vicinity, but it is a very remarkable lad that it has never been seen Avithin twenty miles of the sea. The Fairy Martin is
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ' . p. i; :, ' iai:jv m UiTiN'.—/,•;,(«./.. .i,„i. [If of nests in close proximity to each oilier, but without the slightest attempt at regularity ur order, and with Hie parts sticking out in all directions. Now and then the nest ot this bird is tuuiid within the hollow of some decayed tree. In every case the'inM IS built in some place where water is in the near vicinity, but it is a very remarkable lad that it has never been seen Avithin twenty miles of the sea. The Fairy Martin is spread over the ol Southern Australia, arriving in August, and departing in September. The Wii;e-taili;d Swallow is chiefly remarkable on account of the peculiarity from which it derives its name. The external feathers of the tail are sin-ularly elongated, and for the greater liiirt „f their length are devoid of web, resembling in some degree the lilamentarv'^aiipendaoHor the Bird ot Paradise. The general colour of this bird is a rich steel-blue; tlu; chesnut, and the under portions of the body white, with the alHlomen. Specimens of this bird in the .Museum have been brourdit from jMadras and Aliyssinia. '"^ _ _ Till-: handsome ruiU'Ll-: is a native of Ihe United States of America wliw it IS one ot the most familiar, and at the same tiiiK of the indigenous birds. It instinctively resorts to human habitations, and Anierican Indian," a being who is little given to nieny, and who makes the ut a head luit a theme lor selt mudalion. Vet even the copper-skinned native; respects Ihe lurple Martin, and takes care to prepare a convenient renting place for the litlh, bird hv laiignig .,11 a neighbouring tree an empty gourd in wliieh a hole lias been loiedily'cut In this iveeplacle the Martin makes its inarlilieial , and .•beers the 1 rt ./its lio^t by Its mono|.,nous though sw.'..t-l,, song. mure rivili/,
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