. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. meadows, newly yllu's ami ("iitcr- iwc\('r, tIiroii;4li ili'\ while in nurth. Xeiiily thn whnlo Ni w he sea, in nH ,,f ; 1111(1 iviiiiiijr vnst (locks, and nie very tat, and ^hiltitudes of toeotlier ill TIIK SOCIABLK WEAVER lilRD. lung casioii. As tlio cry is notliing I'd to tho actual fervent. i'iUed notes, tho Kice his love, pours preted (!Ven l)y ^ court with the d throat. Tho oar can hardly aiidoni, inakiii!^' y lit least six nr Hieso short and isly. Tin; siiii^' iig been kn
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. meadows, newly yllu's ami ("iitcr- iwc\('r, tIiroii;4li ili'\ while in nurth. Xeiiily thn whnlo Ni w he sea, in nH ,,f ; 1111(1 iviiiiiijr vnst (locks, and nie very tat, and ^hiltitudes of toeotlier ill TIIK SOCIABLK WEAVER lilRD. lung casioii. As tlio cry is notliing I'd to tho actual fervent. i'iUed notes, tho Kice his love, pours preted (!Ven l)y ^ court with the d throat. Tho oar can hardly aiidoni, inakiii!^' y lit least six nr Hieso short and isly. Tin; siiii^' iig been known f followiiifj the and the wliole IS concerts are 'd: The upper i' t^'" liody, are lot II' old one. 'he scapiilaries , with a hluish le wlicde of I he as .soon us the until tli(! f liird seems to dttiiiL;- idly in ity with them. ivliidi group is known hy the lunilier oC less irds the hill is in the upper 1, although for colour, are yet r iiid orchard oriole are .sulliciently curious e.\ lire simn nniydes of Mrd architecture, Imt of the even more wonderful. J)issii)iihir in shaoe, form mid â¢thill'' in th(! constnict ion ot their ('(liliLcs, whi( h at workiiiaiiship of the Weaver I'irds. So 1110 of them are liii'-'b"<' iiiiy, woven so thinly as to jieriuit till hreoze to pass through Ihiir nct-like interior, and dan- gling daintily from the extremity of some slender twig. Others, iigaiii, are so firmly built of Hat- tciied reeds and grass blades, that tliey can be detached from their liriuiches and subjected to very rotiijh hiiiidline; withdut losinjT 1 i" ' 1 their siiiipe, while otliers are so curiously formed of .stiff <,'r! stalks that their exterior bristles willi harp jioints like the skin of CilOi' The true We liver Uirds all inhabit the hotter portions of the Old World, tiie greater inimlicr (d' them being found in Africa, and the remiiinder in various parts of India. The Weaver Uikd is t'liuiid in several [)arts of
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