. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . form,with the apex downwards; indepth from four to five inchesexternally, and three in the in-terior, and as much in breaxlthat the top ; and is fastened to the stalks of several reeds, in a most ^ig. Fan-tailed Warbler. ingenious way, some distance above the ground—an arrangement giving security to the eggs, whichare of a brown colour, spotted with dark olive, and usually markedwith one or two blackish, irregular lines. The charming petite Grasshopp
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . form,with the apex downwards; indepth from four to five inchesexternally, and three in the in-terior, and as much in breaxlthat the top ; and is fastened to the stalks of several reeds, in a most ^ig. Fan-tailed Warbler. ingenious way, some distance above the ground—an arrangement giving security to the eggs, whichare of a brown colour, spotted with dark olive, and usually markedwith one or two blackish, irregular lines. The charming petite Grasshopper Warbler {Calamodyta locustella)is well worthy of remembrance, although its visits to us annually donot extend over three months. It has a peculiar power of ventrilo-quism in its voice, which would induce the listener to its silvery noteto believe that the producer was close at hand, although in realitya hundred yards ofi. The Tailor Bird, known to French writers as lafauvette couturiere,is most curious in respect to the manner in which it builds its by bill and claws, it stretches out into a thread fibres gathered. 518 REPTILES AND BIRDS. from the trees ; selecting broad resistant leaves, it drills them withits bill, sews them together with the cotton which it has prepared,and in this manner constructs a bag which serves the purpose ofcompletely hiding its nest from the observation of enemies. Thisspecies belongs to India and the islands of the Indian Ocean, and isunknown in Europe.
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