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an enormous nest, shaped like an oven, which serves for many 

 years. It is ao solid that it will bear the weight of a heavy 

 man. Mr. Layard saw one three yards long and one and a half 



Fig. 38. 



The Shoe-bill {Baiemiceps rex). 



yard broad, and found it decorated with all sorts of bright 

 objects, from bleached bones to brass buttons. It is called the 

 TJmbrette or Hammer-head {Scopus umhretta). When two or 



