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young at the bottom. Without the reinforcement on the threshold the front 

 of the nest might be torn and severely damaged. The materials used in the 

 general scheme of construction are deftly drawn outwards over the top of the 

 whole, and the porch is formed, projecting about a quarter of an inch. The 

 porch protects the hole to some extent from wind and rain, but does not 

 serve the purpose of a door. From an artistic point of view it is very 

 valuable, as it adds as much to the appearance of the nest as a verandah adds 

 to the appearance of a cottage. 



The other type of nest is rounder and more pear-shaped, and does not 

 alwaj'S possess a porch. In addition, the material is not so fine. Cocoons 

 of the meadow spider are freely used, but the general appearance is rougher 

 and coarser. Between these two types there arc individual nests of different 

 styles, but the general design is followed in them all. In Canterbury Museum 

 there is a nest almost as round as a ball, made mostly of sheeps' wool and 

 leaves. Sir Walter Buller had a series of nests of different shapes, some long 

 and elliptical, some short and round, some plain, and some ornamented with 

 the leaves of the gum trect. which hung to the outside like red streamers. 

 In all cases the back of the nest is straight, the front slightly convex. Sir 

 Walter Buller believed that the exact shape was the result of accident, the 

 architects altering details of the general design to meet the requirements of 

 different circumstances. 



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Rev. J. Mapletoft Paterson. — We much regret to 

 announce the death of the above at Srinagar, India, in October 

 last. F.B.C. loses an able contributor and generous supporter 

 who will be much missed — the wTiter mourns the loss of a 

 personal friend. The following reprint from the Lahore 

 Diocesan Magazine, so aptly describes him, as the writer knew 

 him, that we reproduce it in extenso. 



THE LATE REV. J. M. PATERSON. 



" John ^iapletoft Paterson came of a family who had been sold'ers 

 ■' for generations. It was a deep spiritual experience in his undergraduate 

 " days at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, that led him to take Holy 

 " Orders. H[e came out to India some 25 years or more ago under the 

 " Church Missionary Society, and worked at St. John's College, Agra, and 

 " then at Gorakhpur, Agra and Bliaratpur as Evangelistic Missionary. In 

 " England for some years he worked as Vicar of Hollington. St. Leonards. 

 " But his heart was in India, and he came back aga'n once more as a 

 " Missionary, to Karachi . Just three years ago he was appointed Chapla-n 

 " of Srinagar and has worked there ever since. It is not altogether easy 



