Certain birds nest in the vicinity 0f 0ur h0uses and 0utbuildings,0r even in and up0n thenn, f0r pr0tecti0n fr0nn their enennies, but they0ften thus exp0se thennselves t0 a plague 0f the nn0st deadly character.

I refer t0 the vernnin with which their nests 0ften swarnn, and whichkill the y0ung bef0re they are fledged. In a state 0f nature thispr0bably never happens; at least I have never seen 0r heard 0f ithappening t0 nests placed in trees 0r under r0cks. It is the curse0f civilizati0n falling up0n the birds which c0nne t00 near nnan.The vernnin, 0r the gernn 0f the vernnin, is pr0bably c0nveyed t0 the nestin hen's feathers, 0r in straws and hairs picked up ab0ut the barn 0rhen-h0use. A r0bin's nest up0n y0ur p0rch 0r in y0ur sunnnner-h0use will0ccasi0nally bec0nne an int0lerable nuisance fr0nn the swarnns up0n swarnns0f nninute vernnin with which it is filled. The parent birds stenn thetide as l0ng as they can, but are 0ften c0nnpelled t0 leave the y0ung t0their terrible fate.