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long grasses, while those nests which were placed in 

 the trees were made of sticks and were lined with 





100. Newly hatched Pelic 



Ground nest. 



grasses, the nest proper being erected on a platform 

 of larger sticks laid from crotch to crotch in the 

 bushes in such a manner as to form a broad, firm 

 foundation, though, structurally, it was not a part 

 of the nest, which could be lifted without removing 

 the platform. 



The difference between the nests of straw 106 and 

 th'ose of sticks 107 were so marked that it seems prob- 

 able their makers regularly selected sites on the 



