2;}() TROPICAL WILD LIFK IX BIUTISH GUIANA 



FIG. 70. NEST AND EGG OF RUFOUS-FRONTED ANTCATCHER 



of the stump. Tlie ucst wa.s a little eoneave affair of small 

 twi^i^s and vine stems, and lined with a few pieces of coarse 

 Hhre. It was only ahoiit three inches in diameter. As we 

 looked into the cavity we could see the one light egg and a 

 I'onnd wliite cii'cle, which u])()u closer (^xan)ination proved to 

 be the border of the gaping mouth of the young bird. 



