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the laver of grass stems and the scattering of hairs. Other nests found in the 

 vicinitv agreed in having this fine network of rootlets as one of the middle 

 layers. 



The feature of special interest about the nest was the large amount of such 

 material as strings, pieces of cloth, etc., as suggesting that much may be done 

 to induce birds to nest around our houses by exposing in appropriate places 

 during the nesting season such materials as birds are found to use in nest build- 

 ing. 



MALLARD ON NEST 

 Photographed by George Shiras 3d 



