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make that part of the nest warm and soft. 

 Here is a picture of one of these felt-nests, 

 fastened in the way of which I have been tell- 

 ing you. 



Chaffinch's Nest on an Elder-tree. 



" This, boys, is the nest of the chaffinch. 

 The goldfinch makes a nest of the same kind, 

 only rather neater and smoother than that of 



