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With too small foundations, these nests usually 

 fall by their own weight. 



You may see the phcebes peeping about under 

 all the cornices, almost any day in the year. To 

 be sure, their main errand is for food; but they 



YOUNG PHCEBE. 



take notes about the good nesting-nooks, and re- 

 member when the time comes. 



We nail cigar-boxes under the barn eaves for 

 the phoebes. We have a pair which have nested 

 in one box five times. It is under the projecting 

 gable of a low stable roof, on the north side. 

 They seldom choose the south or west. They like 



