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The next nest taken (Mus. No. 1672, Fig. 2) was located on 

 January 28 well up among the top branches of a Lama tree {Maba 

 sandzvichensis) twent3'-five feet from the ground. The old bird 



would bring moss 

 and leaves to the 

 nest, place them 

 inside and then get 

 into the bowl of the 

 nest and swell her- 

 self up as large as 

 possible, thus forc- 

 ing the material in- 

 to place and at the 

 same time making 

 the nest solid and 

 round from within. 

 This time the birds 

 had chosen as a 

 nesting site a ver- 

 tical crotch where 

 a small branch had 

 been broken out. . 

 The strudlure was 

 bound together and 

 fastened in place as 

 before. To this one 

 the lining had been 

 added, being made 

 entirely of the fine 

 seed stems of the 

 Pili grass. My 

 record for Febru- 

 ary 22, the date 

 when I took this 

 nest, states that I 

 again visited the 

 nest of C. gayi noted on January 28 and subsequently. I found it 

 apparently deserted. On climbing the tree the bird darted past 

 my head two or three times. I secured the nest and branch, both 



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IG. 2. NEST OF EIvEPAIO, CHASIEMPIS GAYI WILSON. 



