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Mr. Douglas Carruthers on Birds 



thickly padded with the " down " of the tall grass Saccharum 

 cegyptiacum, aud occasionally with feathers. 



These nests were not built in large colonies, but there 

 were generally three or four placed together. 



Text-fi<?. 5. 



Nest of Passer moabiticus. 



During the first week in May most of the nests contained 

 the full clutches of eggs, which appeared to be only four in 



