THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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of the fist, and which is made of moss and lichen. The 

 mother enters by an excessively narrow opening, and often 



123. Nest of the Penduline Titmouse: Parus pendulinus (Latham). From the Rouen Museum. 



nourishes ten or twelve little ones. It is quite inexplicable 

 how so numerous a family can be crowded into such an ex- 

 tremely little chamber. One would think they must be 



