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making a curious buzzing noise with their 

 wings." 



The mating period of this bird extends 



from May to September according to 



locality. In our province, June- 



T?^^o July seems to be the height of 



Eggs ■^ ^ „ . . 



the breeding season for this bird. 

 The rains commence in those months, and 

 the bird is also in the splendour of its song 

 at that time. The nest is generally built 

 at a height of from ten to twenty-five feet 

 from the ground. It is placed on the 

 upper surface of a horizontal branch. Some- 

 times, a slanting bough is selected when 

 the nest assumes somewhat of a pocket- 

 shape. Occasionally, it is built between 

 three or four slender twisfs forminsf an 

 upright fork. The nests are deep, and 

 neat little thin- walled cups — an **after- 

 dinner coffee-cup" as Eha puts it — made up 

 of fibres, grass and hair, thickly coated 

 externally with cobwebs by which it ia 

 firmly attached to the branch on which it 

 is placed, and also to any little twig spring- 



