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same to which I have alluded in the former part 

 of my paper, as a favourite haunt of these birds. 

 This occurrence determined me to have the nests 

 carefully examined ; accordingly, after procuring 

 the requisite assistance, a minute inspection of 

 the w^hole, twenty-two in number, took place 

 on the 11th of November; when, to my great 

 surprise, thirteen were discovered to contain 

 eggs and dead nestlings. With regard to the 

 particulai:s, which are given below, it is only 

 necessary to remark, that the nests are denoted 

 by the progressive numbers, and that the state 

 of the contents, as there described, is the same 

 in which they were left by the parent birds. 



NESTS IN WHICH EGGS WERE FOUND. 



NESTS. 



No. 1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 



CONTENTS. 



Three Eggs which had not been sat upon. 



One Egg which had not been sat upon. 



Five Eggs which had been sat upon a short time. 



Four Eggs which had been sat upon a considerable time. 



Three Eggs on the point of being hatched. 



Sixteen, Total, 



