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THE NESTS OF SOME COMMON BIRDS 



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will enable you the more quickly to discover the nest. Those 

 nests which are in shrubbery or thickets are not so difficult to 

 find. Using a short stick, one may go about gently pressing aside 



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Fifif. I. The Killdeer's Nest, in Corn Stubble. 



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the tangles to peer into the interior. The nests are sufficiently 

 large to be easily found in this way. Those high in the trees are 

 the greatest problem, since the leaves obscure them so cOanpletely. 

 Patiently noting the movements of the parent birds, centering 

 about the nest, is the only method with which I am acquainted, 

 and it is a task to try your patience. However, to one who is 



