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jj;ri>iiii<l lit vegel;il)lc felt. I can icstitv that uii<ler these circiiiiistances tlic 

 ejjps arc sninelimcs iiidistingiiishahle at first glance fmm their snrrniiiKlings. 

 Tlie value <>t the ix'iich-sha])e(l nest is less clear than in the case nf the 

 Raltinmre (Iriole. whose home is the [jcndant hranch of the elm tree; for the 

 nest of the Bullock Oriole is often attached to stocky branches, pines even. 



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which yield little in the wind. Xnr is there any such obvious attempt in the 

 case of this bird to escape enemies by placing: the eggs out of reach. The 

 Magpie would search Sheol for a luaggot. and any effort to l)cst him wnuld 

 bankru])! the longest jnir.se. 



Tirtd of the cotiruunienl of the nest, the ambitious lledgeliugs clambe; 

 u|> the sides and perch upon the brim. I'Vom this less secure [Kisition they 

 are not infreipiently dislodgetl l>eforc they are cpiite ready to face the world. 

 Some.vears ago a friend of mine. Mr. Chas. W. Robinson, of Chelan, secured 

 a lledgeliug Oriole which he rescued from the water of the lake where it had 

 cvidentlv just fallen from an overhangin.g nest. When taken home it proved 

 a rcadv \v:\. and was given the freedom of the |>lace. Some two weeks 

 later mv frieufl rescued a nestling from another brood under precisely 

 similar circumstances, and i)ut it in a cage with the older bird. The new- 



