The Pekin-Robin 



five-noted call, tee-tee-tee-tee-tee." As has been 

 stated already, most, if not all, birds that go 

 about in flocks in wooded country continually 

 utter a call note, as it is by this means that the 

 members of the flock keep together. Jerdon 

 states that the food of the liothrix consists of 

 " berries, fruit, seeds, and insects." He should, 

 I think, have reversed the order of the bird's 

 menu, for it comes of an insectivorous family 

 — the babblers — and undoubtedly is very partial 

 to insects — so much so that Finn suggests its 

 introduction into St. Helena to keep them 

 down. At the nesting season, in the early 

 spring, the flock breaks up into pairs, which 

 take upon themselves what Mr. E. D. Cuming 

 calls " brow-wrinkling family responsibilities," 

 and each pair builds in a low bush a cup-shaped 

 nest. 



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