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mrginicurn), and which they must have gone a long 

 distance to obtain. In a climbing rose-bush trained 

 against the house was another nest so dissimilar in form 

 and structure that I never should have taken it for the 

 nest of the same species if I had not caught the builder 

 at work. It was composed entirely of coarse strips of 

 fibrous bark and roots, no soft material for a lining, 



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and the nest was a shallow," unsymmetrical affair. Yet 

 the little architects attempted to embellish this humble 

 abode. Near the top of the nest a bit of colored paper 

 was glued on, and two or three small pieces of blue 

 egg-shell — probably the cast-off shell of a robin's egg 

 — and some small pieces of white paper. This was 

 the extent of the decoration. No doubt the little ar- 

 tists became discouraged at this point, or were sensible 



