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covered on the outside with the green 
moss that it is difficult to distinguish it 
from a natural knot, even when the nest 
is pointed out to you. The Baltimore 
Oriole makes a long pouch-like nest of 
yarn and strings, which it hangs from 
the ends of branches, not easy to be 
reached by cats or snakes. The Orchard 
Oriole suspends its nest from the fork of 
a tree, and it is not a pouch, but an in- 
verted cup. The shape of the nest of 
the White-eyed Vireo is that of an in- 
verted cone generally suspended from the 
stem of a twining vine. The Meadow 
Lark’s nest is a loose structure of grass 
and fibrous roots at base of tufts of grass 
or weeds. The Bluebirds and the Wood- 
peckers nest in a hole in a tree. The 
Kingfisher digs a hole into a clay bank 
from four to six feet deep and places its 
nest at the end of the tunnel. I do not 
counsel any boy to attempt to rob that 
nest when the parents are at home, 
for the blow of the kingfisher’s beak is 
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