Curious Places Fop Nests.
Buckland, Junior, writea to the London People : — The head of a mop is certainly a very itrange situation for a bird to plaoe its nest in, but the most extraordinary case of ourious nest building that I have erer heard of was that of a weaver bird, recorded some years ago in The Field, which chose no less a place than the tail of a living horse. The horse had been purchased amongst others to mount a cavalry regiment; in South Africa, and when being driven along it was noticed that a little dark coloured bird flew up and concealed itself in its tail, ju3t at the end of the dock. Shot t'y- afterwards it was seen to re-appear, settle at some little distance away, feed, and return to ita hiding place. This roused the curiosity of the soldiers, who made an examination of the tail, and found in it a perfectly formed nest about 8 inches in diameter and 6 inches from top to bottom. It was supposed that the little bird accompanied the horse from the place where it was bought in the Transvaal to the camp in Zululand.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1896, Page 2
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