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ure 1 -represents a nest of the “hairy,” which had evi¬ 
dently been occupied by bluebirds, as it was daintily lined 
with pine needles. The woodpecker uses his own chips- 
Figure 2 shows a large birch, in which are seven holes—: 
one evidently the nest of a hairy woodpecker, the others 
shelter holes, drilled by the 
“downy,” all in close proximity, 
and, as usual, on the southern 
side of the tree. Figure 3 repre¬ 
sents the nest of a “downy’ ’ which 
was carefully sawed apart and 
thoroughly studied. In another 
paper the entomologist will relate 
what he found upon an examin¬ 
ation of the contents. 
It is easy to distinguish the 
nest of the “hairy” from that of 
the “downy,” the former being 
. larger and in one respect more 
complete. The “hairy” bores 
the horizontal tunnel across the 
entire diameter of the vertical 
shaft, the two forming a right 
angle; while the “downy,” more 
sparing of toil, curves the tunnel 
downward soon after entering the tree, merely cutting a 
channel in the roof, and thus leaving a considerable quan¬ 
tity of wood which the ‘ ‘hairy, ”in shaping his nest, removes. 
Fig. 3. 
“Binny” was a notable beaver in his day, and, after the 
lapse of more than three-quarters of a century, he is by no 
means forgotten. Binny was unhappy, doubtless, in that 
he was taken from his home in the Canada forest, but he 
was peculiarly fortunate, on reaching Fondon, in falling 
into the hands of Mr. Broderip, the eminent naturalist, 
who possessed the faculty of writing so entertainingly. 
