EAETTAIiL V A 1 1 L E 1 .
Salicaxia Cisticola.
FANTAJJ, W A I I J
SfaSl*. MM
Not having had personal or«
State of nature, we are unab
belongs to that «f -iSkikana,
from that genus, h » a sp
Mediterranean front. 0hraltuj
I f
the Reed.,lVlWt<!tT .¡* ares jvroi;
Although incaptthkv fihwii fjjji sajie, of
ag-the
stalks of grass, among which h; pi««** ite seat • these
.tteeu W ren... nut by piercing each blade, and clnwi its-
secured at each perforation with a knot so ingeniously ej
the grasses thus secured it places the body of the nest,
a laBfl'.^^.flpitaaileUt'' froto various -plants,
to be of'« hlmsk 0„r am
iKJurhood of-iifttedliia^ ^fOrj'wiiiCfsr-«hoit! v
it takes long; «ferrping •ail Hi*- wht v~i ^ a '#»if)ii|t[i
erects -the i« <* r.».r-H<\ &
it does not1 drafv together hi «iifuanejf o f the
the whole together by mean« | | cottony- <W«ds,
ecated as to appear the work ot Muon, iSofcwectt
which is composed of vegetable fibres lined with
The eggs are four or five in number, and are said
M ity for asserting that § .is found i n ,the neigh.
yhe .whole f
altitude of I
elongated of t
The Plate represents ;