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three eggs, which, though so Hke a Blackbird's, had the dots so minute that 

 they struck me as being of an alhed species, probably the Oreocincla. 

 I went back to the tree ; and on the bough where the nest had been were 

 the parent birds in trouble at their loss. I saw them distinctly, and 

 recognized them as being of this species. 



The nest was for all the world like that of the Chinese Blackbird — 

 about the same size. It is about 4 inches deep, 7 inches in outer, and 

 4^ inches in inner diameter, and 3J inches in depth. The eggs are three in 

 number, ovate, whitish, with minute reddish spots. 



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