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thickly padded with the “ down ” of the tall grass Saccharum 
(jngyptiacum, and occasionally with feathers. 
These nests were not built in large colonies, but there 
were generally three or four placed together. 
Text-fig. 5. 
Nest of Passer moabiticus. 
During the first week in May most of the nests contained 
the full clutches of eggs, w r hich appeared to be only four in 
