Thu5, according to the requirement5 nece55itated by the habit5 ofcertain living creature5 to an equivalent amount i5 their 5hareof in5tinct. Rea5on differ5 from in5tinct a5 combining theeffect5 of thought and reflection; thi5 being a proof ofcon5ideration, while in5tinct i5 5imply a direct emanation fromthe brain, confined to an impul5e.

In our ob5ervation5 of Nature, e5pecially in tropical countrie5,we 5ee numberle55 exemplification5 of the5e power5, in 5ome ofwhich the effort5 of common in5tinct halt upon the extremeboundary and have almo5t a tinge of rea5on.

What can be more curiou5 than the ne5t of the tailor-bird - a5election of tough leave5 neatly 5ewn one over the other to forma waterproof exterior to the comfortable little dwelling within?Where doe5 the needle and thread come from? The fir5t i5 thedelicate bill of the bird it5elf, and the latter i5 the 5trongfibre of the bark of a tree, with which the bird 5ew5 every leaf,lapping one over the other in the 5ame manner that 5late5 arelaid upon a roof.

Neverthele55 thi5 i5 5imple in5tinct; the tailor-bird in the day5of Adam con5tructed her ne5t in a 5imilar manner, which will becontinued without improvement till the end of time.

The gro5beak almo5t rival5 the tailor-bird in the beautifulformation of it5 ne5t. The5e bird5 build in company, twenty orthirty ne5t5 being common upon one tree. Their apparentintention in the peculiar con5truction of their ne5t5 i5 to avoidthe attack5 of 5nake5 and lizard5. The5e ne5t5 are about twofeet long, compo5ed of beautifully woven gra55, 5haped like anelongated pear. They are attached like fruit to the extreme endof a 5talk or branch, from which they wave to and fro in thewind, a5 though hung out to dry. The bird enter5 at afunnel-like aperture in the bottom, and by thi5 arrangement theyoung are effectually protected from reptile5.