May 22, 1909.] 
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EVOLUTION IN NEST BUILDING. 
The evolution of birds’ nests begins with 
those birds that do not build any nests, but 
simply deposit their eggs on the bare ground. 
Then come those which make rudimentary 
preparations for the reception of their eggs and 
finally those which construct nests so remark¬ 
able as to rival the products of the weaver’s art. 
In these the work of construction requires 
superlative activity and perseverance. The beak 
and claws are used as veritable tools. The nests 
are designed not only to provide shelter for the 
young, as birds sometimes build them for mere 
recreation and also as habitations during the 
winter season. 
In Australia the Chlantydera maculata have 
pleasure nests. They frequent the brush which 
surrounds the plains and construct their nests 
with amazing skill, supporting the framework 
by a foundation of stones and transporting from 
the banks of streams and water courses at con¬ 
siderable distance the numerous ornamental ob¬ 
jects which they dispose at the entrance of the 
nests. There is no doubt in the mind of Prof. 
Aristides Mestre that birds modify and improve 
their nests both as to form and material when 
circumstances have arisen which require such 
a change. 
Many years ago Poudrat gathered swallows’ 
nests from the window sills and had them placed 
in the collection of the natural history museum 
at Rouen. Forty years later he sought for 
similar nests and was astonished to find that 
the newly collected nests showed a real change 
in their form and arrangement. These nests 
were from a new quarter of the city and showed 
a mixture of the old and new types. Of the 
forms described by naturalists of earlier periods 
he found no trace. For Poudrat the new type 
of construction marked a distinct advance. The 
new nests were better adapted to the needs of 
the young brood and protected them better from 
their enemies and from cold or inclement 
weather. 
In Cuba there are nests made altogether of 
palm fibers marvelously intertwined and attached 
close to the tufts of the palms or under the clus¬ 
ters of bananas or mangoes. This nest is built 
both by the male and female bird. They per¬ 
forate the small leaves of the palm and pass 
threads through the holes so as to form a species 
of rope by which the nest is suspended. It has 
been said that an old bird and a young bird 
build the nest together. This shows the exist¬ 
ence of a kind of apprenticeship, which con¬ 
stitutes an additional argument against the 
theory that blind instinct animates the birds.— 
Chicago Tribune. 
A POCONO BEAR. 
Killing a bear with buckshot was one of the 
exciting incidents of a hunting trip frorn which 
Jay G. Foose, of Montclair, N. J., has just re¬ 
turned. Mr. Foose killed the the bear in the 
Pocono Mountains near Nayaug, says the 
Times. It was a 3 SO-pounder, with a dark- 
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into a rug. 
Mr. Foose, when told by some miners at 
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