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ation purposes. 

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HERE are recorded many curi- 

 ously interesting exceptions to 

 the general rules adopted by 

 different birds in the selec- 

 tion of a position for their 

 nests, and we cannot better 

 utilise our little remaining 

 space than by mentioning 

 briefly a few well-authenticated 

 cases of entire departures from 

 the usual habits of some well- 

 known specimens. It will be 

 remembered that in our first 

 introduction to " Eggs and 

 Egg-collecting " it was men- 

 tioned that a Dipper's nest 

 had been found on the branch 

 of a tree, and a Thrush's 

 on the bare ground in the 

 middle of a field, far away 

 from bush or tree. 



House Sparrows furnish 

 many examples of curious 

 situations adopted for incub- 

 Not long ago a pair of these birds 



