OUR FAMILIAR BIRDS. 



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building material, and used it in the construction of 

 their nests. I found one nest several streets away com- 

 posed almost entirely of it. It remains a mystery how 

 so many birds of this species, domiciled in different 

 parts of the village, should have found and appropri- 

 ated this moss. 



Although but one pair of orioles swung their ham- 





BALTIMORE ORIOLES — THE MATES. 



mock-like nest in the grove, yet it was a favorite resort 

 for many others, and after the breeding season was over 



