28 THE AMERICAN MAGPIE. 
three-quarters of an inch in thickness. Nests are repaired and re-occupied 
year after year; or if they fall into hopeless decay, new structures are erected 
upon the ruins of the old. The tenement photographed on Homely Island 
is a double nest (it looks triple, but the 
upper third is merely the dome for 
the central portion, Gir MeSt 
proper), and meas- ures seven 
feet from top to bottom. 
It contained seven 
eggs on April 24th, 
1905, but altho 
the odlogist 
is very fond 
of little Mag- 
pies’ eggs, he 
left these as 
a tribute to 
Mr. and Mrs. 
Cheops. 
Taken in 
Benton 
County. 
Phota by the Author. 
MAGPIE’S NEST ON HOMELY ISLAND. 
