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snatched a cord from the ground and 
started up a ladder. I>ut the cord was 
fastened. It gave the little fellow a jerk, 
throwing him off the round. The string 
was over the round hut he clung to it 
while he hung suspended in air. The 
string would not pull loose and he finally 
had to let it go. Then he flew over the 
fence and picked up a whole mouthful of 
shavings as a substitute. 
A few days later I found five eggs in 
the nest. 
Photo by the Author 
NEST OF SEATTLE WREN 
One day the school children hung a 
nail sack in the woods. A hammer held 
the pocket open. They forgot the sack 
for a while and when they returned for 
it, there was a little brown bird and a 
nest full of eggs in it. A crevice in an 
