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WILD SPAIN. 



deposited a single egg in an adjoining hole. The execution 

 of the aggressor seemed, at first, the only means of saving 

 this thriving family, but, on second thoughts, I decided 

 that the justice of the case would be met by removing the 

 defendant's egg, and filling up his hole with sticks. 



The Orioles' nest I shortly afterwards discovered, built 

 in a white-elm, at the extreme end of a long pendant 



HOOPOES. 



branch, the whole of which it was necessary to cut down. 

 This nest, however, was empty. The Golden Orioles do 

 not lay till nearly the middle of May, and from the shyness 

 of the old birds, and the aerial situation of the nest, their 

 eggs are among the most difficult to obtain. 



During the early part of May we found many nests of 



