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THE UNIVERSE. 



stifled ; but the young birds, heaped one upon another, are 

 only so much the more thoroughly warmed, and the whole 

 brood live happy and gay in their tiny little bed. . 



124. Nest of the Cape Titmouse : Parus Capensis. From Sonnerat. 



In respect to the elegance of its construction the pendu- 

 line titmouse astonishes the observer still more. Its nest, 

 suspended to the branch of a tree, has exactly the shape of 



