Some Nesting Habits of the Cape Robin 51 



the dust until they were gritted all over before carrying them to 

 the nest. This was not done regularly, about four or five 

 times during the day perhaps, but they may have had another 

 dust patch somewhere else. 



The sanitary currangements were left in the hands, or rather 

 beak, of the female. The droppings were not just dumped over 

 the side of the nest to be an advertisement to every passer by; 

 they were carried away to the far side of the garden, but by the 

 female only — a habit on all fours perhaps with her furtive ap- 

 proach to the nest and the male bird's dashing, careless-of- 

 consequences methods. 



