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combat one with another until the females have been 

 apportioned and the serious work of nest-building commenced. 

 The cup-shaped nests are built at the base of herbs or grass- 

 tufts, or sometimes amongst the bushes, 18 inches from the 



White-fronted Chat. 



ground. Three eggs are laid, one on each successive day, the 

 young thus being hatched at intervals of 24 hours. These 

 leave the nest on the twelfth day from the time of birth. 



