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keys, which are capable of sad depredations whenever they can 
find an opportunity. Monkeys are extremely fond of eggs, and 
there is scarcely a better bribe to a monkey, ape, or baboon, 
than a fresh raw egg. The bird which laid it is almost as great 
a dainty, and a monkey seems to be in the height of enjoyment 
if a newly-killed bird be put into its paws. It always begins 
by eating the brain, and then tears the carcase to pieces with 
great deliberation. A mouse is quite as much appreciated as a 
bird, provided that it has been recently killed, and that the 
blood has not congealed. 
However, the structure of the nest forms an insurmountable 
barrier to the snake, and the monkey can only reach a few of 
the cells which are near the edge. The worst enemies are 
certain little parrakeets, which are delighted to be able to 
procure nests without the trouble of building them, and which 
are apt to take possession of the cells and oust the rightful 
owners. 
