The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

exact spot at which the weight of this
treasure-trove least impedes flight. The
odd thing is that he does not line his nest
with the flannel, once he has It safe. but
works IT into the outer wall, as though in
a spirit of emulous bravado. That same
outer wall Is of rough sticks and thorns.
That is characteristic of his family, the
CTirushes as Is the inner lining Of fine
grass roots.
Robin red breast bellies the adage that
practice makes perfect. He builds often
three nests n season, but they are solid,
commonplace, mud-plasterod affairs, as
unpoetic as the mud nests of the house
martin. The bee martin IS quite another
sort. His nest may have foundation OF
mud, but Il Is cushioned within, succeed
without, with fine wood lichens, into a
thing of beauty 1t vies indeed with the
nests OF the chimney swallow, the queer
angular affairs stuck FIAT against the
sooty chimney side They are Of thy
cemented at the corners, as well as held
fast to the chimney by a sort Of glue Sc
creted by the birds themselves.
Mocking birds love to nest In garden
shrubbery, orchard tangle. or the scented
thickets of an abandoned field. They
build big nests, soft, elastic and liued
with the finest hair. Indeed, they come
Almost every one has seen the pretty purse
shaped oriole houses, swung from orchard
boughs, but few, perhaps, know the BIRDS
trick of bending down a leafy twig to ann
bush his precious nest, and holding the
twig in place with a loose wrapping Of
long fbres. It is not a common trick, and
Is perhaps only resorted TO when, after
building the situation strikes the builder
as too open.
o,,.fa,to tbIn0a a bouf y1aattpfr In hfr1q
or fowls is the persistent impulse to lay
eggs in a certain spot. A robins nest
lust completed, was thrown off the end
OF fiat fence rail. Next day there was
little blue egg on the bare timber where
the nest had been, and the next day,
and the next. until all The five were laid.
A certain dominlck pullet made up her
mind to lay nowhere but on the 1oist OF
an out house. and kept that mind for two
years. although every egg fell and was
smashed as soon as laid. IL the clubhouse
was closed, she would drop the egg on the
ground outside, but If crack or Granny
was left open for even half an hour, she
seemed to know It instnctively, and dart
ed inside
Whip poor-wlIls nest on the ground,
merely scratching out the least hollow for
their two freckled eggs. Wild turkeys
make the same sort OF nest, but hide il
As soon as an egg Is laid the hen covers
Il with leaves. In fact, she fills the whole
nest until It is indstinguishable from the
surrounding leaf-covered earth. Tame
turkeys allowed to run out and nest IN
woodland, have the same habit, also the
trick of going away from the nest. and
pretending to lay elsewhere. IL they find
themselves followed.
Guinea fowls make beautiful deep nests
IN summer EARTH choosing an ambush OF
thick brlers or weeds. But while the hen
Is laying, the cock, foolish fellow, stands
upon a near eminence, ana calls 80 loudly
that Il Is easy to find his mate. once she
Is foldnd, beware Of putting your hand IN
the best. II you touch Il, the birds will
instantly forsake II. But II you remove
the eggs with a silver spoon, the half
dozen hens who commonly nest together.
will keep on laying there the season
through.