146 BRITISH GUYANA BIRDS EGGS. 



Although a number of nests are found at the same time 

 on the same beam they are not sociable. 



They lay three eggs. 



The egg — 25 mm. by 16 mm. — is white. 



They hatch from May to August. — One egg (N°. 8). 



3. Fluvicola pica (Bodd.). 

 Cottou Bird. 



The nest is covered in , almost round like a ball , made 

 of grass , and suspended from the extremity of the branch 

 of low trees and shrubs, four or five feet from the ground. 

 The place of entrance is near the attachment to the branch. 

 Sometimes the nest is built in a thick bush when the 

 lower part of the nest rests on the branch beneath. 



They lay two eggs. 



The egg — 18 mm. by 12 mm. — is cream white with 

 a few reddish brown spots at the large end. 



They hatch from January to May. — One egg (N° 5). 



4. Pitangus sulphuratus (Sw.). 

 Kickadu. 



They make a domed nest, which is very rough on the 

 outside and more like a wisp than a birds nest, of grass, 

 pieces of cotton , and old rags when they can get them , on 

 the extremity of the branch of low trees and shrubs a few 

 feet from the ground, or on the outer branches of forest 

 trees fifty or sixty feet from the ground ; they never build 

 in the heart of the tree near the stem , except when they 

 build on palms. 



They lay four eggs. 



The egg — 29 mm. by 21 mm. — is cream, spotted 

 on the large end with light and dark brown large and 

 small spots; there may be a few small spots here and 

 there over the rest of the egg. 



They hatch from January to August. — Three eggs (N°. 6). 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XI. 



