Note 2 — Chapter IV
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The nest is contained within the hanging leaves, which are its sole support—this, at least, is my impression. Now if the nest is made first, on what does it rest—where is it—before the leaves wrap it round?
In the tout ensemble the leaves correspond to the outer cup of the nest, and the nest proper to the inner lining. It is the latter which, in the ordinary building of a nest, comes last.