V. C. SELOUS : NESTING HABITS. 27 



Lake on May 29th and 30tli, 1899, in company with Mr. 

 C. G. Danford :— 



" We also found several nests of Savi's Warbler, but 

 only three with egg'S — a four, a two, and a one. These 

 nests are very difficult to find, being built on the ground, 

 at the base of the reeds on one of the many floating islands 

 in the lake. They were invariably built of flat dry reed 

 leaves, with a deej) and beautifully formed cup. In some 

 cases, on parting the reeds and looking down, the nest was 

 visible from above, looking like a little brown cup, amongst 

 the dry reed leaves, amongst which it was built ; but in 

 most cases the nests were absolutely invisible from above, 

 and could only be found by 2>i^illing away the dry reed 

 leaves by which they were completely hidden. 



" One soon learns, however, to know a likely looking spot 

 at the base of a cluster of reeds, and then the ground must 

 be carefully cleared with the hand, when possibly a little 

 brown cup of a nest may be discovered right down in the 

 swampy ground. Although the substructure of the nest 

 will be found to be wet, the cup itself is always dry and 

 snug." 



Besides the nests which we found on the ground we 

 also found three built in a mass of old dry reeds, about 

 eighteen inches above the water. The ordinary full clutch 

 of eggs is five, and fresh eggs may be found from the 15th 

 of May to the first week in June. 



(To be continued.) 



