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it lined with quite a large piece of flannel. A friend 

 standing at the bottom of the tree called ont to him 

 to turn the material over and see if there were any 

 eggs beneath it, explaining that a naturalist once 

 put a Kite off her nest day after day and was greatly 



heron's nest made of wire {p. 47 



puzzled to know why she sat on it, because there 

 were no eggs to be seen from a high, adjoining rock 

 which commanded an excellent view of the interior 

 of the structure. One day his curiosity prompted 

 him to climb the tree, and upon reaching the nest 

 he discovered that a piece of flannel, forming a great 

 part of the lining of the nest, had flapped over the 

 eggs, and the brooding bird sat on the top of it. 



