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TTTF. AMKRTCAX MAGPIE. 



tliree-quarters of an inch in tliickness. Xests are repaired and re-occupied 

 year after year: nr if tlie_\- fall into hopeless decay, new structures are erected 

 upon the ruins (if the old. The tenement photographed im Homely Island 

 is a double nest (it looks ^^.^^r-i-^M-jr^T.,^^ triple, but the 



upper third is merely _^^^ mkmvhk- '''^^ d(jnie for 



the central portio.i. -^^^Sj^OJKyB^JcIrjEiL^fetea^ n r nest 



proper ). and meas- ,j^»l^lK^MiO?iw^#*^^fe^ ures seven 



feet froin tup t 

 It contained 

 eggs on Api'il 

 1905, 



the oologist 

 is very fond 

 of little Mag- 

 pies' eggs, he 

 left these as 

 a tribute to 

 Mr. and ALrs. 

 Cheops. 



iHittdm. 

 se\en 

 -'4th, 

 altho 



Photo hv tha Author. 



M.AGPIE'S NEST OX HOMtCI.Y ISLAND. 



