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eggs, in a well-made nest, which it often builds among grain, 

 sometimes on the ground, sometimes suspended to the stalks ; 

 but generally it places its nest in moist places, among aquatic 

 plants; at other times it is fastened to rushes, or the branches of 

 trees, which hang over the water. 



28. Psarocolius Curceus, vulg. Tordo, lays in November three 

 or four eggs, in a nest made with earth, furnished outside with 

 thorns and inside with moss. 



29. Sturnella militaris, vulg. Loica, lays three or four eggs, in 

 a badly-made nest, composed of weeds, always placed on. the 

 ground, and almost buried at the foot of plants. 



30. Clorospiza alaudina, vulg. Didquita^ builds its nest in 

 September or October, and always places it on the ground at the 

 foot of shrubs, in mountainous and arid places. It lays three or 

 four eggs. 



31. Phrygilus diuca, vulg. Diuca, lays from July to January 

 three or four eggs, in a large and well-made nest, which it places 

 near the ground in low bushes. 



32. Zonotrichia matutina, vulg. Chincol, lays from September to 

 November two to four eggs, in a rudely-constructed nest, which 

 it places indifferently on the ground or a little elevated in bushes, 

 and sometimes in the hollows of trees or cavities in cliffs. 



33. Grithagra hrevirostris, vulg. Ghirigue, lays in October 

 three or four eggs, in a slight nest, which it places in the grain- 

 fields or meadows, either on the ground or a little above it. 



34. Phytotoma rara^ vulg. Rara, lays from September to No- 

 vember two or three eggs, in a well-made nest, furnished outside 

 with thorns and inside with moss and grasses. It places the nest 

 near the ground, in the thickest-leaved and most tufted bushes. 



35. Picus lignarius, vulg. Carpintero, hollows its nest in the 

 branches of decayed trees, and lays two or four eggs, on the 

 bare wood, in October or November. 



36. Columbina picui, vulg. TortoUta cuyana, lays in Septem- 

 ber or October, in hedges, two eggs, in a flat nest, badly made, 

 and composed of small branches. 



37. Peristera auriculata, Zenaida aiirita,\n\g. Tortola, lays two 

 eggs in October, in a flat and simple nest, which it places a little 

 elevated, in the branches of trees in ravines. 



38. Nothura perdicaria, vulg. Pei'diz, lays from August to 



