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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



In the nearby meadows were a number of meadow larks' nests, but 

 the tunnel approaches made the taking of pictures quite uncertain, and 

 I did not attempt to take any. 



At each nest the wounded-bird ruse was used to lead me away from 

 the nest. 



I checked all the nests up with the descriptions in our check list and 

 found very little variation. 



Photo by Wm. Barber, Kenosha, Wis. 

 Robin's Nest 



Photo by Walter E. Hastings, South Lyon, Mich. 

 Wren's Nest 



Cleverly Constructed Bird House 



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writes: 



ALTER E. HASTINGS, 2nd Vice-President, Michigan Au- 

 dubon Society, South Lyon, Mich., sends a picture and 

 description of a very cleverly constructed bird house. He 



"The house is a prize bird house, built by a Boy Scout and presented 

 to me by the maker. It is really a bluebird house, and bluebirds 

 occupied it until a pair of wrens made up their minds to take it over. 

 Then the trouble began, and the bluebirds were ousted bag and bag- 

 gage, eggs and all, 



