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Show nd deposited two large speckled ecc Unlike other birds, it did not seek a plac-of plac-of seclusion. .ior did it gather material for a nest, but simply laid its eggs on the enter of the roof, in plain sight of ever- , one and protected by nothing but the skies above. The roof of the building Is flat and covered cov-ered with tar paper, which becomes so hot that it can be felt tlirouph the hocs cf a man walking on it. This condition did not neeni to thwart the efforts of the bird as It can be seen all dav long, through all kinds of weather, sitting on the eggs, apparently ap-parently as well contented as if It nen ,ut in some open field. --New York Gazette. WHIPP00RWTLL NEST ON ROOF. The motherly persistency of a whlp-poorwill whlp-poorwill to hatch out her brood Is Illustrated Illus-trated on the roof over the offices and wareroom of the Gersey building, ou ' Houh George street. Pome weeks ago a I female whippoorwill appeared on the roof |