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and pollen, anrl on this she deposits her eggs. Having done this, 

 she closes the orifice with pieces of leaves so exactly circular as 

 to fit the walls of the cylinder to a nicety. After this covering 

 is fitted she proceeds with the next cell, and so on to, on an 

 average, between six and nine cells, in accordance with the length 

 of the cylinder. 



In this case the bees have made use of the hollows of the 

 canes for their cylinders, thus saving themselves the trouble of 

 forming them. In all the other particulars I believe they have 

 acted in their ordinary manner. 



XXVII. 

 OENITHOLOGICAL NOTE. 



Read at IVatford, IQth April, 1900. 



Curious Nesting -places. — The freaks of birds in their nesting 

 arrangements have been illustrated at Hitchin by one pair of 

 robins building in an empty jam-pot and another in an old kettle. 



On one of the allotments adjacent to London Road [Bedford] 

 there was an old cabbage-plant that had been cut and had sprouted 

 out again. A thrush's nest has been found built at the bottom of 

 a three -pronged stalk of this old cabbage, and already contains 

 eggs. — Eerts Mercurij, 29th April, 1899. 



On Sunday last Mr. Ramsey of St. Andrew Street [Hertford] 

 saw a linnet's nest containing four eggs on the top of a sprouting 

 broccoli in a garden at Albury Hill, near Standon. — Herts Mercury, 

 6th May, 1899. 



Mr. Puddephatt, of Markyate Street, had occasion to take a cart- 

 wheel off, and he stood it in the yard between two kennels occupied 

 by noisy yard-dogs. A robin is now sitting upon a nest built in 

 the hub of that wheel. — Herts Advertiser, 27th May, 1899. 



Instances of curious nesting-places at Hatfield and Codicote (of 

 a robin and a redstart, each building in a watering-can) will be 

 found on p. 102 of the present volume. — {Communicated hy) the 

 Editor. 



