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great variety of wild birds. The nest materials were stuck 
together by the salivary-gland secretion of the birds, the ce- 
menting substance being plainly visible on the comparatively 
rough interior of the nest, but not in evidence on its outer side. 
The feathers were laid with their quill ends inward, their soft 
ends in many cases extending freely from the outer surface of 
the nest, so that the two sides of the nest presented strikingly 
different appearances. 
Each of the nests dislodged contained two young nearly ready 
to fly. A specimen of an adult female sent to the Bureau of 
Science has been identified by Mr. R. C. McGregor as Micropus 
subfurcatus ( B lyth ) . 
