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There are not wanting, however, numerous in- 

 stances, in which situations have been chosen, 

 without any regard to exposure. Thus, in the 

 " Magazine of Natural History," it is recorded 



NEST OF SONG-THRUSH. 



that a mill-wright engaged with three of his men 

 in constructing a threshing-machine for a farmer 

 living near Fife, " wrought in a cart-shed, which 

 they had used for some time as their workshop ; 

 and one morning they observed a Mavis enter the 

 wide door of the shed, over their heads, and fly 

 out again after a short while. This she did two 



