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itants say that incubation commences about June i. Most of the 

 specimens taken during the month of June were in full breeding 

 plumage. The nest is simply a rough construction of sticks, gen- 

 erally built on the mangroves, in which the female deposits two, and 

 according to some writers, three eggs, which are of a dull white 

 color. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VI. pi. 362. 



