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birds built its nest in a hole from which a brick had been dis- 

 placed, not a yard from a gate through which hundreds of 

 persons passed weekly, but it was not until the young birds 

 were hatched that the nest was discovered. A few Black-headed 

 Gulls nest yearly at Langmere, about four miles north of Thet- 

 ford. On a certain Sunday in this year a gentleman found a 

 Coot's nest on this mere close to the shore. On the next Sunday 

 a log had been thrown quite across the Coot's nest, a Black- 

 headed Gull's nest built upon the log, and one egg laid — all in a 

 week. With this I will conclude these bare facts concerning 

 curious nests and nesting sites that have come within my 

 personal knowledge. 



