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artificial, in trees, bar-posts, and frequently 

 old buildings, are explored, only to be re- 

 jected for some reason or other. 



Finally, when the season is getting ad- 

 vanced, and the robins are here in large 

 numbers, they select a spot and set to 

 work upon the nest. As they are quite 

 dainty nest builders, and work slowly, 

 they do not get the house done and 

 really take possession as early as you would 

 think, considering how long they have 

 been with us. 



When the eggs, ranging from four to 

 six in number, are finally laid, they are 

 just the colour that you would expect, for 

 what but a delicate blue, suggesting the 

 sky of a balmy day in spring, would a 

 bluebird want her eggs to be ? 



As the season advances, and our great 

 army of songsters comes pouring in from 

 the south, bluebird is occasionally lost 



