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PASSERES.—TURDIDÆ.

There are not wanting, however, numerous instances, in which situations have been chosen, without any regard to exposure. Thus, in the "Magazine of Natural History," it is recorded

Nest of Song-thrush
Nest of Song-thrush

NEST OF SONG-THRUSH.

that a mill-wright engaged with three of his men in constructing a threshing-machine for a farmer living near Fife, "wrought in a cart-shed, which they had used for some time as their workshop; and one morning they observed a Mavis enter the wide door of the shed, over their heads, and fly out again after a short while. This she did two