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Our Robin's Nest 



The nest shown in the accompanying il- 

 lustration was found by a member of the 

 Pine Hills Junior Audubon Club of Albany, 

 N. Y. It was built in a crotch of a young 

 elm tree about fifteen feet from the street. In 

 essential character it is not unlike an ordi- 

 nary Robin's nest; but apparently this par- 

 ticular pair of Robins had an eye for beauty, 

 for hanging from one side of the nest, about 

 three inches apart, are two fringed white 

 satin badges, fastened by mud and sticks. 

 They bear the seal of New York and the 

 words, "New York N. E. A. at Boston, 

 1903." The satin is as white and letters as 

 fresh and new as if they had not adorned a 

 Robin's nest for a whole summer. We have 

 found that these badges were worn at a na- 

 tional educational convention held at Boston. 



A little to the left of one of these badges, 

 near the rim of the nest, is a knot of coarse 

 white lace, not merely woven over and un- 

 der the grass, but artistically coiled about 

 the outside and securely fastened with mud 

 and tiny sticks. Through this lace, woven 

 in and out through its coarse mesh as neatly 

 as any human being could do it, are two 

 white chicken feathers. 



The rest of this remarkable nest is deco- 

 rated with long pieces of string ; white string, 

 brown string and yellow string, a piece of 

 light blue embroidery silk, the hem of a 

 fine handkerchief and a bit of white satin 

 ribbon. Even the arrangement of the string 

 shows artistic work, for it is woven and 

 knotted- looped and coiled into an intricate 

 pattern. 



Turned upside down, the nest gives one 

 the impression of a bonnet with satin strings 



AN UNUSUAL ROBIN'S NEST 



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