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98 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



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