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Kent, was a glass ceiling protector of the usual type, i.e., a 

 circular shade like an inverted soup plate. On this a pair of 

 Swallows [Hirundo rustica) last year built their nest and were 

 successful in rearing two broods. 



When the young were Hedged and clamoured for food, it 

 was an extraordinary sight to see how the shade would swing 

 about, and, owing to the weight being on one side, would 

 often reach an angle at which it became quite dangerous for 

 the occupants of the nest. 



It is an interesting fact that, in spite of the slippery nature 



Nest of Swallow built v;pon a glass gas shade. 



of the glass on which the nest is built, it appears to be very 

 securely fixed. The nest, a photograph of which is here 

 reproduced, was exhibited by me at the February (1908) 

 meeting of the British Ornithologists'' Club. 



Stephen J. White. 



MARTIN'S NEST BUILT ON A WINDOW-PANE. 



Mr. J. Milne, since deceased (August 6th, 1906), when I visited 

 him in 1905, showed me a house at Auchenblae (Tay) where 

 a Martin {Chelidon urbica) had built its nest against a flat pane 

 of glass. He obtained leave to take possession of the pane 

 of glass and the nest attached, and carefully cut out the pane, 

 and replaced it by another. In his own house he had a stone 

 niche, in the corner of which another Martin had placed its 



