. CHAPTER XI.-BASKET-MAKING BIRDS, continued. The nest of a raven. at Selborne Rookery in Carlton Palace gardens Rook's nest on a vane at Newcastle Antipathy of rooks to the raven Rooks revisit their nests in antumn African basket-making birds The locust-eating thrush Description of the nest by Pringle. Fanciful account by Paterson Correct account by Vaillant Mistakes respecting the black-headed bunting corrected by facts Difficulty of a bird interweaving materials Woven lining of the chaffinch's nest Black hairs as often used as white Singular account by Montbeillard Interesting account of, by Wilson Said to be lighted with glow-worms Recent account of, by an observer Illustrated from a nest of the yellow-hammer CHAPTER XIII.-TAILOR-BIRDS. Difficulty of a bird sewing with its beak Wilson's account of the orchard starling Pendant nést in the weeping-willow The tailor-bird of the East Indies Probable mistake of Darwin . . . . CHAPTER XIV.-FELT-MAKING BIRDS. Varieties in the materials employed Nest on a ship's mast Structure of hair, according to M. Blainville and Dr. Bostock Process of hat-making Is not, as alleged, lined with thistle-down Birds employ the materials they can most easily find Canary's nest in a green-house The pinc.pinc probably the same as the Cape tit Young birds are inferior in workmanship Localities chosen by the red-throated species Nest of the red-eyed Hy.catcher : Capocier's nest, according to Vaillant History of the building from the commencement . . Some naturalists have not investigated the cement of birds Cemented nest of the American chimney-swallow Cement secreted by glands in the bird Accounts of these nests by Bontius and Redi by Kircher, Du Halde, and Kæmpfer Supposes the nests built with fish-spawn Account by Sir George Staunton Rites of the Javanese, in reserence to these nests Marsden's opinion of their composition Physiological researches of Sir E. Home Comparison of the gastric glands of the Java swallow with The species not accurately indicated Opinion of Valenciennes and Reinwardt Description of the birds and nests in Bullock's and the British Anomalous nest lined with feathers . . . CHAPTER XVI.--DOME-BUILDERS. Probable design of covering in nests Nests of the marsh and the house-wren' Singular localities chosen by the latter Nest of the chiff-chaff Variety in the materials employed Different localities given by Montagu and Sweet Structure accommodated to shelter Quantity of materials very various Building of the clapper-rail Localities chosen Nest described by Montagu Nest in a gooseberry-bush Description from specimens . ib. . ib. . . . CHAPTER XVII.- PARASITE BIRDS. Forcible invasions of the house-sparrow Settlement among bank-swallows at Charlton Sparrows said to be entombed alive by swallows Sparrows nestle in rookeries Separate colonies of the grakles Birds enticed to build about houses Thrushes in France-Roman voleries Stork-boxes in Holland American contrivances, with similar design Indians placed gourds for the purple martin Habits of the American blue-bird, from Wilson Its expulsion of the purple martins Wilson's account of the purple martins the blue-bird The American house-wren Expels the downy woodpecker and the Baltimore starling and the purple martin Anecdote from Hector St. John ib. 342 ib. 343 344 345 345 346 347 ib. 343 ib. 349 Owls take possession of the nests of crows The sparrowhawk appropriates the crow's nest CHAPTER XVIII.-PARASITE BIRDS, concluded. Various descriptions of the cuckoo's egg Wilson's account of the whip-poor will Cuckoo proved to have her eggs hatched by other birds Improbable statement of Linnæus Disappearance of the foster-nestlings Mistakes of Aristotle and Pliny accounted for His observations on hen-birds devouring their own eggs Illustration from the sow and the cat Nests in which the cuckoo lays His estimation of the number of cuckoos in England, and the number of eggs they anuually destroy Dr. Jenner's explanation of the circumstance of Dr. Potter, of Baltimore : 6 ILLUSTRATIONS, . No. Page 1. Rumkin, or Tail-less Cock 5 2. Night-heron 15 3. Pectinated Claw of Night-heron 15 4. Carolina Night-jar, or Chuck-will's-widow 16 5. Night-jar's Foot, showing the Pectinated Claw 17 6. Podargus Auritus 19 7. Magnified Plan of the Cleaning Instrument 24 8. Larva of the Glow-worm, using its Cleaning Instrument 25 9. Grub of the Glow-worm devouring a Snail 26 10. Turkey Buzzard and Black Vulture . 31 11. The Crane 40 12. King-bird of Paradise 45 13. King of the Vultures 46 14. Condor attacking a Puma 48 15. The Jack-snipe 50 16. The Dunlin 53 17. The White-headed Eagle and Fish-hawk 73 18. The Black-cap 75 19. The Aberdevine and Nest 78 20. The Wild Turkey and Young . 87 21. The Ruffed Grouse 92 22. Pinnated Grouse in the act of strutting 96 23. American Grouse (Tetrao obscurus) 98 24. The Ovarium, or Egg-organ • 106 25. Embryo impregnated Egg . . . . . 107 |
