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way as in tlie first, so that the back part was built up 

 against the front of tlie other. It was quickly made 

 and when completed ijuite bhjcked up the entrance of 

 the old nest. The sparrows had disappeared; he won- 

 dered why after taking a nest that didn't belong to 

 them they had allowed themselves to be pushed out in 

 this way. At the end of the season, after the de- 

 parture of the martins, he got up to remove the board 

 and the double nest looked so curious he thought he 

 would take this down too and examine it. On break- 

 ing the closed nest open he was astonished to find th2 

 hen sparrow in it, a feathered skeleton still sitting on 

 four eggs! 



