16 MAY 1908, Page 17

A ROBIN'S NEST.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."'

SIR,—In a disused stable behind my house there hangs an inverted human skull (left by a brother, now a doctor in India). On the orbit, and resting against the wall, about five feet from the ground, a robin has built her nest. There were six eggs, two of which are now hatched, and the birds have not deserted their home, notwithstanding the fairly constant observations of the family, which includes three boys, aged respectively two, four, and six years. The birds built although the gardener was constantly going to and from the stable, where

the garden tools are kept.—I am, Sir, &c., X. Laurustinus, Dundrum, Dublin.