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be seen in the accompanying illustration, and in this simple fashion 

 forming the whorl-shaped foundation for nests. 



The success which has attended , this mode of procedure is extra- 

 ordinary. Out of fifty bushes thus tied together, forty-seven were 

 occupied the first year. But, in spite of this, Baron von Berlepsch 

 would only have this done as a makeshift ; it serves merely as a 

 temporary substitute for the whorls which are not yet ready. 



Mention has yet to be made of stacks of brushwood. These arrange- 

 ments for nests were made use of by birds elsewhere, but were less 



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BUSHES TIED UP TO PROVIDE NESTINQ-PLACES. 



successful at Seebach, probably because there were sufficient and more 

 desirable places for nests to be found there. 



Excellent provision has also been made, by means of plantations 

 in the pond of the home park and on its banks, for water-fowl, some 

 species of which have lately decreased so noticeably that great stress 

 should be laid on their preservation. Water-plants, such as reeds, 

 flags, and sedges, and bushes hanging over the water, provide ample 

 shelter and jjlaces for nesting. 



Wild duck breed on the shore, the nest of the moor-hen is found under 

 the branches of a bush of dogwood, on the surface of the water floats 



