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Show MAGPIE PROTECTS ITS NEST. H Odd Construction May Be Result of lH Working of Conscience. M Why docs tho magpie construct a M dome of twigs over Its nest? Most roadnrs will say as a shelter; but It H does not In tho least answer to such a description. Tho twigs nro only n H network thiough which rain may pour H and cold winds penetrate. May It not ho tho case that tho magpie Is con- sclous of Its own sins, and a guilty mind, apprehenslvo of reprisals, M causes tho bird to hutld this covering H ovor its nest? Tho magpie Is an egg . H stealer, and makes uso of knowledge, gained while carrying out Its depreda- H tlons on tho contents of other nests, H to protect thoso of Its own. Country H Qoutlemnn. H |