The western world. Picturesque sketches of nature and natural history in North and South America (1874)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 565
562 SPIDERS. spin a web, he says that, catching sight of one of these spiders, he was attracted by its movements. It was in the crevices of a tree, across which was stretched a dense web. The lower portion of the web was broken, and two small … birds,—finches,—were entangled in the pieces. They were the size of the English linnet, and probably male and female. One was quite dead, the other lay dying under the body of
Natural history · Natural history -- America
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