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would afford in more congenial situations. In the 



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other, economy seems to have been of paramount 

 importance, for the nest is a faithful counterpart of 

 the real one of Xuttall's description minus the en- 

 closing pouch. 



No. i is somewhat cylindrical in shape with the 

 long axis or distance from top to bottom, slightly 

 in excess of the short or distance from side to 

 side, the former being about five, and the latter 

 nearly four and a half inches. It is composed of 

 strings compactly woven together, with a slight 

 intermixture of hairs of the horse and cow ; the 

 whole forming a comfortable and cozy structure, 

 and well calculated to protect its inmates* from the 

 inclemency of the weather. So nicely is the roof 

 adjusted to the nest, that even the most critical 

 examination fails to discern the union. The en- 

 trance is a circular opening situated in the 

 superior third of the nest, facing southwardly. 



Xo. 2 is an inverted cone, with a blunt apex. 

 The greatest diameter at top is four inches, and 

 the less three and a half; depth four and a half 

 inches. It was built between two forks of a pear- 

 tree. It is composed almost entirely of the hairs 

 of the horse and cow, firmly but densely woven 

 together. So slight is the texture that it can be 

 readily seen through. This specimen presents 

 the appearance of an ordinary nest without its 

 customary covering. In Northumberland Co., Pa., 

 where this nest was found in the summer of 1866, 

 we were told that.it is the characteristic style. It 



