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of their nest for the night, but gives it up in the morning, leaving them in 
undisturbed possession until the following evening. 
His method of eviction is unique, As soon as he arrives the Coppersmith 
retires and shows fight, but after a couple of rounds is ignominiously dragged 
out by the back of the neck, Nor is this the only bird that takes advantage 
of the Coppersmith’s weakness or good nature, whichever it may be, for a 
Bulbul (Molpastes bengalensis) waits about, and as the male Coppersmith comes 
with pieces of fruit for his mate, the Bulbul exacts toll from him before he 
has time to enter the nest, and the Coppersmith never tries to get away from 
the Bulbul, but actually feeds it, Ishould like to know whether any such 
incident has been recorded before, 
E, E, TOOTH, 
Dum-DuM, 28th March, 1901, 
