THE LIFE OF A BIRD, 



PART I.THE NEST. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE SITUATION. 



THE situations which birds of different species 

 and orders fix upon for the foundation of the 

 dwelling-place of their young are extremely 

 various, and lie among the deep recesses of the 

 forest, in the pleasanter alleys of the greenwood, 

 in the hedge-row, the bank-side, the crevices of the 

 rock, the borders of the lake, the solitary moun- 

 tain and moor. Thither let us follow them, and 

 trace these busy architects in their operations. 



The plan upon which we propose to proceed in 

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