Nesting of some Guiana Birds. 
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By C. A, Lloyd. 
HE following short notes on the nesting of some 
of our birds are based for the most part on 
g personal observations and partly on infor- 
mation obtained from Mr, THEODORE BARSHALL, a keen 
observer of Nature who has resided for over twenty 
years among the Indian tribes in the interior, 
Unfortunately, in many instances noted, I have been 
unable to examine the nests at close quarters so that I 
cannot always record the number of eggs in a clutch, nor 
their colour, : 
Several of our birds resort to the nests of wood ants 
(termites), in which to deposit their eggs, among them 
being Zztyra Cayana, one or two of the Trogons, anda 
small parrot, (Brotogerys sp.) ; others lay their eggs on 
the ground, in holes in the trunks of trees, and in the 
burrows of the paca and armadillo. 
The large “ Maam” Zinamus subcristatus, one of the 
commonest of our game birds, generally selects the 
bank of a small creek as the site for its nest, which it 
often places between the spurs of a Mora, Dimorphandra 
Mora. The nest simply consists of a slight depression 
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