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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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lay twocunning little eggs, and rear two cunning little birds.Did you ever hear about it, Cousin Grace ? I have read of them. An old lady once said shethought, with a little pains, the tailor-bird might betaught to sew. Just imagine how funny a little bird,not more than three inches in length, would look sit-ting in a rocking chair sewing on a ladys dress!The tailor-bird belongs to the genus Sylvia, familySylvicolidcBr O, what a pretty name ! exclaimed May. Yes, isnt it 1 It means the warbler family. Itcomprises a large numJDcr of small insessorial birds,most of them noted for their powers of song. Theselittle birds are the smallest in the world with theexception of the humming-birds. Groups of thisfamily are distributed all over the world. What else did Mr. Dumas say? asked Rose. 224 THE BIRDS CONCERT. He saw a curious bird in Australia, the ham-mock-bird. That land of birds ! exclaimed Grace. He says the hammock-bird hangs its nest to aslender branch, as the sailor does his hammock.
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His nest is built of grass and wool, and lined withsnow-white cotton, and there the hammock-bird sitsand swings back and forth as lazily and comfortablyas you please. And, Rose, then he told me about a bird you 225 THE BIRDS CONCERT. would like, I know; it was the bower-bird, Austra-lian too. He says it builds a great long play-house,just to run up and down in. Why-e-e, Frank Ellerton! exclaimed Rose. Yes, they make a bower right through some tallgrass, and the first thing they put in their nice par-lor is a carpet they weave themselves out of coarsegrass and sticks. After they get the carpet laid,and the walls arched to just suit, they hunt aroundfor pretty things to decorate the room. They carryin broken bits of glass, china, pretty little shells,bright colored ribbons, in fact, all the white andbright colored objects they can pick up. They dontlay their eggs there, but run up and down, having amerry time many hours in the day. Wonder if em would let little dirls play wiv em ! remar

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