Show birds queer nesting places the vast building constituting an extension of the victoria and albert museum south kensington in graild ly approaching completion the am posing facades in cromwell road and exhibition road are decorated with niches filled with life size statues of men eminent in art architecture lit grature and practical science and on the flank 0 the main entrance are tt e statues of the king and queen in full bbate robes one niche Is dedicated to george herlot goldsmith to james I 1 and to inder of her lot a magnificent hos pital at edinburgh A pair of spar rows have built a nest inside the knee joint of the right leg and they appear very busy in their domestic ar range ments not far away at the junction of tl e brompton road and Knights bri ige high street a couple of have made their nest in the plumed hat of the equestrian monument of field marshal sir hugh rose I 1 ord and are now setting pall mall gazette |