JIM^S BABIES 
with the Camera, who had climbed to inspect 
it, was the perfection of good workmanship, 
and was lined with a thick mat of cow-hair 
padded down to 
a hemisphere. 
We had sup- 
posed it to be 
much flatter and 
less deep than 
the examination 
revealed. In it 
were laid five 
pointed olive- 
green eggs, spot- 
ted with black. 
They were ar- 
ranged in a circle 
with points to- 
ward the centre. 
The mother bird was extremely shy, and 
left the nest before the intruding climber had 
reached the first crotch, and all efforts to 
obtain a good photograph of her failed. She 
was never away long, and on returning in- 
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Olive-green eggs spotted with black 
