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above the ground. The parents made no sound while in the 
vicinity of the nest, as was frequently the case when the nest 
was taken. 
On February 10 a nest containing one fresh egg was taken 
at Sappho Cove. The nest was built in the usual style and 
was placed 12 feet above the ground in the fork of a tree. It 
was composed of twigs, grass stems and leaves. The parent 
remained on the nest until closely approached. 
On February 13 Mr. Beck obtained two fresh eggs from a 
nest found near the center of the isthmus connecting the 
northeastern and southwestern portions of the island. The 
nest was composed of twigs, dry grass, and a few cotton balls; 
it was lined with fine grass and rootlets. 
On February 14 one or two old nests were seen in the 
bushes along the beach near Sappho Cove. Mr. Beck ob- 
tained three fresh eggs from a nest found near the center of 
the above-mentioned isthmus. The nest was in a tree 18 feet 
above the ground. It was made of dry twigs, many cotton 
balls, dry grass, and orchilla moss. It was lined with fine 
grass, rootlets, and bunches of very soft spines from the 
leaves of the Opuntia. 
On February 21, at Wreck Bay, I saw two or three new 
nests. A nest containing five eggs incubated about six days 
was found. The nest was bulky, and was built of twigs and 
moss, the inner part being made of grass. It was 13 feet 
above the ground in a bush beside the wagon road. The 
owner sat bravely on the nest while I was scarcely two feet 
away. After I had removed the nest, it sat for a minute 
where the nest had been. 
On February 22 I saw two or three nests in bushes of 
Zanthoxylum pterota overhanging a good-sized stream in the 
forested country on the south slope of the mountains. On the 
same day Mr. King obtained a nest in the Wreck Bay region. 
It contained three fresh eggs, and was placed, with the usual 
foundation of twigs, in a tree 18 or 20 feet above the ground. 
Nestlings and young just out of the nest were noted as 
follows. On January 25 Mr. Beck took two partially fledged 
young from a nest in the vicinity of Wreck Bay. The fol- 
lowing day Mr. Hunter obtained three nearly naked young 
from a nest. On February 21, at Wreck Bay, I found a nest 
