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Nothing positive is known respecting its habits of nidification. A native, however, once 

 described the nest to me as being of large size, and composed of moss, twigs, and dry leaves. He 

 assured me that he had twice met with it in the high scrub near the Manawatu River, and that 

 in both cases the nest contained two eggs, of " smaller size than the Tui's, and white spotted with 

 red at the thicker end." 



In the Ruahine ranges I met with a breeding-pair of these birds late in December. The 

 sudden disappearance of the female and the cautious demeanour of the male satisfied me that I 

 was in the immediate vicinity of the nest ; but I nevertheless failed in my endeavours to find it. 



