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an enormous nest, shaped like an oven, which serves for many 
years. It is so solid that it will bear the weight of a heavy 
man. Mr. Layard saw one three yards long and one and a half 
Fig. 38. 

The Shoe-bill (Baleniceps rex). 
yard broad, and found it decorated with all sorts of bright 
objects, from bleached bones to brass buttons. It is called the 
Umbrette or Hammer-head (Scopus winbretta). When two or 
