THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 
of the clearest silkiest texture, dandelion 
down, and red clover silk. This was the 
more remarkable because only a short dis™ 
tance away we found a nest made mostly of 
fishline woven in with a cotton necktie, and 
lined with colored calico ravellings. Also 
white hairs were used for the first, and any 
sort in the second. One nest was beautiful, 
the other ugly but curious. What instinct 
in the brains of those two little builders led 
them to choose so differently ? Why was 
one home artistic and the other a hotch- 
potch ? Was the one an attempt to imitate 
a hornet's nest for better protection, or was 
the builder really impelled by a sense of 
beauty ? Did the second builder think to 
make his home look like a bunch of rags acci- 
dentally caught in a tree, or was it on account 
of greater ease in obtaining the necktie and 
fishline, or were they more beautiful to his 
eyes on account of the color ? Who can 
tell what the thought of a bird may be ? 
For some reason, perhaps because of its 
shallowness and wide top, the brood in the 
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