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strings used for such supports. Indeed many human beings would be incapable of what was reported of this pair of Golden Robins.
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Fig. 18
Male Baltimore Oriole 2 as he came to open the door after many other attempts.
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Fig. 19
The strings are to the left of the door, Place 2. Male Baltimore Oriole 2, instead of working the strings in the new position, tried the old place, failed, and was here watching Oriole 1 reach through the wire as the latter was accustomed to do earlier.
The writer has been much interested in the many abortive attempts of pairs of Baltimore Orioles to build their nest in the
