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Fig. 221. One of them was very modest and tried to back 

 down out of sight. 



the intrusion. A closer inspection of Do^vny's nest brought 

 to my attention a fourth family occupying the top H.t A 

 sma colony of .cod-boring bees had taken possession of 

 e decayed interior of the limb about tvro f e^t ab- U e 

 entrance-to the woodpecker nest. A "^^//jf^^^^J'a ^s, 

 furnished the doors to this ^P^^"^^"' ' /'Tst resembling 

 from time to time, came tiny clouds "^ f f ^/^^^f ,, | 

 smoke, showing that the occupants were sfll at work 



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