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hours with the ring ouzels, and as the weather 

 was dull and cold, I was compelled to keep the 

 chicks alive by warming them, three at one time 

 and two at another, against my own body. At 

 last, when it became quite apparent that the 

 mother-bird would be more likely to desert her 

 offspring than reconcile herself to the new situa- 

 tion of her nest, I returned the structure to its 

 original site, and within fifteen minutes of this 

 taking place she was covering her brood again 

 with a look of restored happiness. 



I have, since the above occurrence, conducted 

 similar experiments on many birds of this and 

 other species, but have never fallen across another 



FRENCH PARTRIDGE'S NEST 

 UNDER A PLANT-POT. 



