THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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Its nest resembles a circular concave cup, and is formed 

 of a mesh of leaves finely interlaced. The bird always 



159. Nest of the Golden Oriole— Oriotes galbvla (Linnfeus), — From the Rouen Museum. 



suspends it from the bifurcation of two branches of a tree. 

 For this purpose it chooses those which lie horizontally, 

 and always stitches its airy abode by means of a round 



