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It was commenced on a thick spider's web, by 

 attaching to it various fragments of paper, cloth, 

 straw, grass, and other substances, till it had secured 

 a firm hold of the twigs to which the web adhered, 

 and the nest suspended on this was then completed 

 by adding other fragments of the same materials ; 

 the hole is at the one side, near the top, and has a 

 slight projecting roof or awning over it." * 



* Mr. Jerdon's excellent Catalogue of the Birds of the Pe- 

 ninsula of India. Madras Journ. of Science, Sept. 1839, et seq. 



