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"Mr. D. Le Souef on AW."? 



otlier trees wlicu feeding, and their loud eurious note can be 

 heard for a considerable distance. Mr. C. Barnard found one 

 of tlicir bulky open nests on October 30tli, 1891), on Sariba 

 Island (see tig. 2) ; it was suspended in a fork of a branch about 

 '60 feet from the ground. It is a large loosely-built struc- 



Fio-. 2. 



Ne&t and eggs of rhilemon nuvce-gidmce. 



ture and deep, and is composed of lawyer palm-leaves and 

 vine-tendrils, intermixed with a little cobweb ; many of the 

 tendrils were frayed out^ giving the nest a ragged appearance ; 

 it was lined with fine tendrils and a few broken leaves : its 

 external diameter is 6 inches, internal 3| ; external depth 



