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that the c^ys arc rather hir^e tor the size of the l)ir(h nieasurini;'. 

 roilghlv. about one inch 1j\ three-i|uarters of an inch in (hameter. 

 The description of the nest, as furnished to Dr. Abbott l)y the man 

 Avho made the actual examination, indicates a radical de]xarture from 

 other known t\-])es of birds' nests, but a careful study of the interior 

 of the mass by a competent ol)server will be recpiired before the 

 strange arrangement of the individual nests can be considered as 

 accurateU- known. Dr. Al)boit writes: "The communal nest was 



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built in ;i small ro_\-al palm. aI)out _'5 feet from the L;ro\nid. The nest 

 was alnnit 4.I feet in diametei-, and about the same in liciL^hl. lUiilt 

 of a loose mass of sticks from 1 to j feet long, .ibout the thiekm-ss 

 of bf)iie knittin}.;^ needles. There ajipearecl to be but one t'Utrance. 

 from .abo\c. .\ local man I John King) climbed ihe tree and ,L:a\e 

 me the description of the iiilrnitil construction of the nist. Ihe 

 entrance jjassage was narrow and ciooked ;in<| led into a large 

 central chamber about the size of a sin.ill bucket. The nesis ucrt.' 

 placed around this on shelvi-s of softer m.iteii.ds 1 tini' b.irk, etc.). 

 All four euus were in one nest. I be other li\c nests were still emiitN. 



