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HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. 



the present example, the work of nest-making has been much more 

 elaborate, for the structure has been regularly built up of a great 

 number of pieces, each being arranged methodically upon the 

 other, very much as children in the streets build their oyster- 

 shell grottoes. The labour must have been considerable, even if 

 the spider had nothing to do but to arrange and fasten together 

 pieces of leaves which had already been selected. 



TDETED SPIDER. 



RPHERICAI. pyiDER KE.«Pr.=!. 



The large, oval, cocoon-like nests which are seen in the 

 accompanying illustration are made by the Tufted Spidek of 

 the West Indies, a creature which derives its name from the 

 remarkable tufts of stiff, bristle-like hairs which decorate the 

 limbs. A very fine specimen of this remarkable Spider is now 

 before me, having been taken out of its bottle with extreme 



