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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



cup-shaped,, of flue twigs and fibres and lined with finer rootlets, 

 and is usually placed in a low bush in the thick undergrowth. 



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The eggs two, rarely three, of a beautiful bluish or greenish- 

 white ground colour, sparingly spotted with black, and sub- 

 surface lighter markings, very irregular in shape, sometimes like 

 commas and crooked Hebrew-like characters, 1.07 x .82 inch. 



