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HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. 



structure of its nest, which is described by Mr. Gould in the 

 following words : — 



" One of the most interesting points connected with the 

 history of this species is the situation chosen for its nest. 



PTItOTUB SOHOHUS. ENTOMOl'IIILA PICTA. 



8EH1CURN1S CITUEOOULARIB. 



ENTOMOPUILA ALBOGULAklS. 

 ORIGMA RUBBICATA. 



" All those who have rambled in the Australian forests must 

 have observed that, in their more dense and hvimid parts, an 

 atmosphere peculiarly adapted for the rapid and abundant 

 growth of mosses of various kinds is generated, and that these 

 mosses not only grow upon the trunks of decayed trees, but are 

 often accumulated in large masses at the extremities of the 

 drooping branches. These masses often become of sufficient size 

 to admit of the bird constructing a nest in the centre of them, 



