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ANIMAL LIFE 



FIG. 164. Nest of the Californian bush-tit (PsaMriparus minimus). Photograph by 

 G. O. SNYDEK, Stanford University, California. 



lories. The prairie-dogs make burrows in groups, forming 

 large villages. 



The devotion to their young displayed by birds and 

 mammals is familiar to us. The parents will often risk or 



