 ... bower itself is built. This, like the platform on which it is placed and with which it is interwoven, is formed of sticks and twigs, but of a more slender and flexible description, the tips of the twigs being so arranged as to curve inwards and nearly...  Handbook to The Birds of Australia - Seite 443von John Gould - 1865Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James William Buel - 1891 - 748 Seiten
...twigs being so arranged as to curve inward and nearly meet at the top ; in the interior of the bower, the materials are so placed that the forks of the twigs are always presented outward, by which arrangement not the slighest obstruction is offered to the passage of the birds.... | |
 | A. II. BLACKWOOD - 1849 - 588 Seiten
...twigs being so arranged as to curve inwards, and nearly meet at the top. In the interior of the bovver, the materials are so placed that the forks of the...obstruction is offered to the passage of the birds." In this way an avenue about two feet in length is formed ; either end is decorated by gaudy feathers... | |
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