CONTENTS. 



PART I. THE NEST. 



PAOE 



CHAPTER I. The Situation. Variety Trees Heron's Nest Nests 

 of Chaffinch and Thrush Water Thrush Daws and Rooks- 

 Ludicrous Situations Nest in a Hat Nest on a Bible On a Cart- 

 wheelUnder Tail of an Alligator In a Schoolroom In a 

 Chimney On a Door-knocker Martin's Nest^-Nest of Sericornis 

 Nest of Dipper Nest in a Cocoa-nut Death of a Sparrow by 

 Hanging Nest on a Lamp On a Railroad In hollow Trees 

 Nests in other Nests Invasion of a Magpie's Nest Burrowing Owl 

 Nests by the Water-side A Nest afloat Remarkable Instinct- 

 Nest of a Swan 1 



CHAPTER II. The Materials. Nests of Mud Ingenuity of a 

 Martin Fate of Martin's Nest Nest of Grallina Edible Nests 



