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positions is on a horizontal bough of some wall fruit 

 tree, near the trunk, or in a hollow in the wall where a 

 brick has been removed, but anywhere and everywhere 

 one cannot be surprised to find it. In 1882 a nest was 

 taken with four eggs in a pail full of clothes-pegs, 

 which had been hung up on a fruit tree. It is generally 

 placed four or five feet from the ground, and may be 

 looked for in the last week of May and throughout the 



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early part of June. Sometimes this bird displays great 

 fearlessness while nesting. For instance it has been 

 twice known to build in lamp-posts in crowded streets. 

 In 1889 a nest was built here within easy reach in the 

 boughs of a wystaria : by the side of this tree is a 

 flight of steps, up and down which the boys were con- 

 tinually passing on their way from the school to the 

 dining-room ; yet the little bird never seemed disturbed 



