AN INGENIOUS BIRD. 





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BALTIMORE ORIOLE AND NESTS. 



their use almost any kind of fibrous material. The 

 country-women are compelled to watch narrowly their 

 thread that may be lying out to bleach, and the farmer 

 over his young grafts, or they will certainly be subjected 

 to a "requisition." Skeins of silk and hanks of yarn are 

 treasure-trove, which they at once turn to good account ; 

 though the oriole must have learned their value since the 



