1S90.] Cherie, Nesting Habits of Costa Rican Birds. -3^ 



the birds seem to have deserted the locality. I saw no more of the 

 species until July 12, when I took a fine male, but a very quiet, 

 different bird from the pugnacious, restless, noisy fellow of six 

 weeks before. 



Myiozetetes texensis (Giraud). 



I have been able to make but very few notes on the habits of 

 G baud's Flycatcher, as the bird cannot be said to be common in 

 the vicinity of San Jose, yet, as I believe the eggs are unknown, 

 I will give a description of a nest and three eggs which I took on 

 May 1, 1SS9. The nest was found on April 26. It would never 

 have been observed had not the bird manifested great concern, 

 flying repeatedly back and forth to the nest while I remained 

 watching. As at that time it did not appear completed, I did not 

 tarry long, but returned on May 1 for the prize. 



The nest was situated near the end of a slender branch grow- 

 ing out over the water from a small shrub on the river bank. As 

 there were no leaves, it was in plain view from any quarter, yet 

 from its bulk)', ragged appearance it would hardly have drawn 

 attention as being more than a handful of dry grass and weed 

 stems. It was about six feet above the water. Placed at the fork 

 of the branch, it neither rests on the forks nor can it properly be 

 said to hang between them. It is a hollow sphere, divided and 

 supported at the middle by the horizontal branches of the fork. 

 The entrance, in the upper half, is arched over forming a dormer- 

 window-like doorway ; it measures two and three quarters inches 

 wide by two deep. The nest proper measures seven inches ver- 

 tically by six horizontally. 



The eggs, three in number, perfectly fresh, are white speckled 

 with walnut and seal brown, very thickly at the larger end. 

 They measure .S6 X -65, .90 X -67 and .90 X -6S inch. 



Elaenea pagana Scl. 



Within six feet of the nest of Myiozetetes texensis, just de- 

 scribed, was a nest of Elccnca pagana. The two birds were evi- 

 dently living on the best of terms. The nest, a beautifully delicate, 

 lichen-covered affair very closely resembling the nest of Contopus 



