110 THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 
the nest and sang there and then preceded her to the 
dead weed again. but it is more probable that he 
merely persuaded )imself that he was “ bossing the 
job.” 
Robin’s are quite given to selecting more than one 
site, building a little there and abandoning it for an- 


Singing while his mate builds. 
other. This often appears as the result of seeing that 
they have made a mistake. But other birds seem to 
be merely unable to settle upon a location. 
The palm for this sort of fickleness the world over 
belongs to the wren tribe, as exhibited in the great 
number of their well-known “sham ”’ nests. 
