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THE UNIVERSE. 



Who can describe in what a marvellous manner the 

 bird, while still on the wing, approaches its nest, enters 



154. Nest of the Long-tailed Titmouse — Pants caudatus {Linnseus). — Eroni the Rouen 



Museum. 



and issues by an opening which seems to have scarcel}^ 

 the diameter of its body^ and without ever deranging a 

 fibre ? 



The huts of some savages remain constantly open ; their 



