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NESTS AND EGGS OF 
the latter are grouped after the fashion of a wreath, but this is the excep- 
tion rather than the rule. The largest specimen we have ever seen 
measures .80 by .57 of an inch ; the smallest, .58 by .47. The average 
measurement is .72 of an inch in length, and .54 in breadth. The species 
as far as known is single-brooded. 
