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graph the nest she thought something was seriously wrong 

 and voiced her alarm with a sharp cut! cut! When I focussed 

 close to her home, her anger got the better of her and she 

 scolded me roundly with harsh notes, repeated in phrases of 

 seven, chack-chack-chack-chack-chack-chack-chack! 



The nest touched the trunk of the tree, but rested on a 

 loop of a two-inch bush rope or liana, which swung against 



FIG. 132. XKST \\'i> EGGS OF WHITE-THROATED ROBIN. 



the bark, binding one tree to another. Just below was a 

 fungoid excrescence larger than the nest itself. The nest 

 was a double one, the new one being built directly on the 

 older. The latter was composed of dry dead moss, while the 

 new one was fresh and green. There were two eggs, pale 

 blue-green, thickly spotted with brown of various shades, 

 much more densely at the larger end. 



We found this Robin was a common breeder hereabouts 

 and discovered four other nests, all within a half mile of 



