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round the room, Hying in and out of tin- eorners. skimming just 

 below the ceiling, and hovering over the t'urnit ure. hut never 

 coming in contact with anything. Nor did they dash themselves 

 against the window-panes, as birds would have done in similar 

 circumstances, but they treated the glass in precisely the same 

 manner as the walls of the room. After satisfying themselves that 

 there was no mode of escape from the room, they began to settle 

 down on the tops of the architraves of the doors and windows, 

 hanging, head downwards, by the claws of their forewings. Ulti- 

 mately they collected in clusters of four or five, cuddling quite 

 close to one another, and they were then easily transferred to their 

 cage." 



