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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tāi'lor-bird, n.

noun

n. (Ornith.) An East Indian bird, allied to the warblers;—so called from its habit of constructing nests by stitching together the leaves of plants.

An illustration of a tailorbird beside its nest, made by stitching leaves together.
Nest of Tailor-bird (Sylvia sutoria).