. Cassell's natural history . - dilfirent. * Comicii Si)litiuia riiK KMiii:i!i/,\ 211 A delight till \(iluiii(might ho written on tlie wonders of hirds nosts ; the exquisitestructure of some of them, and their adaptation to comfort and concealment. In these. THE EMBERIZA PECORIS. snug receptacles the eggs are deposited and hatched. Then the paicnt-birds forget theirown safety and wants, in protecting and providing for their helpless nestlings. Soardent is the love that struggles within them that the timid at once become brave ; foronly lot the bird of prey, the cat, the dog, and, in s
. Cassell's natural history . - dilfirent. * Comicii Si)litiuia riiK KMiii:i!i/,\ 211 A delight till \(iluiii(might ho written on tlie wonders of hirds nosts ; the exquisitestructure of some of them, and their adaptation to comfort and concealment. In these. THE EMBERIZA PECORIS. snug receptacles the eggs are deposited and hatched. Then the paicnt-birds forget theirown safety and wants, in protecting and providing for their helpless nestlings. Soardent is the love that struggles within them that the timid at once become brave ; foronly lot the bird of prey, the cat, the dog, and, in some cases, even man ajiproachthat cozy abode, and the foe is attacked and followed with angry cries. Nor does itcease imtil the little ones can sport gaily on the wing, and amply provide for theirown wants. But what if there is no instinct of nest-building ? Then the bird takes possession ofolie it cannot make. Such is the course of the Emheriza jJfcoris. This bird li^os inflocks, near cattle. The most remarkable trait in its habits is, that it deposits its eggsin strange nests, Hke the cuckoo, with which we are so well acquainted. The nest ofwhich it is represented as taking possession of, is that of the Sj/lvia wnfim. The headof the Emheriza pecorh is of a
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