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martin. The house-martin’s nest is the shape 
and size of the quarter of a very large cocoa- 
nut. It has an open rim at the top for en- 
trance ; it isleft unfinished here, being closed 
PLATE XLII: Swift (3 size). 
elsewhere right up to the gutter or eave 
under which it is built. I once had an 
excellent opportunity of watching one of 
these birds building ; my bedroom at the 
top of the house, had a low window and 
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