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'As the nests were taken out they were stood on the 

 ground at the foot of a wall that bounds the graveyard. On 

 this wall there are marks showing where the line of nests 

 began and ended a distance of over ten feet, for this extra- 

 ordinary bird built over thirty nests. 



' My sister herself took eight-and-twenty, and another nun, 

 who also looked after this part of the grounds, says she took 

 out " a great number," but she did not keep account. 



' The bird built even while closely watched, and I am told 

 " flew about screaming as if it were mad." 



' It would snatch up green weeds the nuns had just pulled 

 up as they threw them down, for it got hard up for building 

 material by about the middle of August. It was only stopped 

 at last by my sister pushing holly into the holes, and so 

 preventing any further building operations. Strange as this 

 may sound, I have every reason, from knowing many of the 

 witnesses, to believe that it is most perfectly true.' 



APPENDIX C 



' It is remarkable that the larva of the Bee and of the 

 parasitic Hymenoptera have no anal outlet; no fseces are 

 passed until the larva has acquired full growth, and has 

 ceased to feed, preparatory to the pupa state : thus the fluids 

 of insects infested by the parasitic larvoe are not contaminated 

 by the excrements of their parasites ; and the Bee-cells are 

 kept sweet and clean during the active life of the larva.' 

 Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of 

 Invertebrate Animals. By RICHARD OWEN, F.R.S. (Second 

 Edition.) 



Edinburgh : Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE 



