NEST BUILDERS. 



AS we said in an earlier lesson, the building of a 

 nest is a matter requiring skill to plan and deft- 

 ness to execute. We should do such work with 

 hands, but a little thought will show you how unfit a 

 bird's toes are for it. 



The bill is the bird's best tool, and is, as you have 



Fig. 12. — Osprey's Nest, 



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learned, a chisel, a nut cracker, and a spade ; but you 

 may have yet to learn that it is a mason's trowel, and 

 even a needle. 



Hollows in the ground, a bunch of seaweed, rude 

 platforms of sticks are among the simplest kinds of 



