THK ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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little breeding -cups are only composed of bits of grass 

 pasted together with mud and saliva, forming a thin wall 



172. Nest of the Kedwing — Turdus iliucus (LinDEeus). — From the Kouen Museum 



almost as hard as cardboard — a transition step to the 

 nests of the esculent swallow. 



There are also workers which employ mixed materials, 

 and which we do not know how to classify. Among these 

 is the mavis, or common thrush. Externally its beautiful 

 nest is formed entirely of tufts of moss luxuriously scat- 



