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INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 



the animal's nostrils. It is fond of the ground, and makes 

 a pretty picture wherever it may be. 



Nest. — Very compactly built of grass, covered densely 

 with spiders' webs, and taking the form of a shallow cup ; 

 the inner lining is of roots or finer grasses. The position 



Fig. 13. Nest and Eggs of Black and White Fan-tail. Two-sevenths 

 natural size. 



varies with the nature of the tree or shrub. The figure 

 above shows it in Polygonum near Lake Boga. 



Eggs.- — Three or four to a sitting ; dull yellowish-white, 

 with a zone of dark grey and blue-black. Length, 0-75 

 inch ; breadth, 0*55 inch. 



