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it constructs a nest of small twigs, closely interwoven, 
with cotton, and so compact as not to be penetrated 
by the weather; but I am not aware that these 
birds have been ascertained to be specifically the 
same. The only information relative to this subject 
given us by Barrow is that the Grenadier Grosbeaks 
are gregarious, and build their nests in large socie- 
ties (‘Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa,’ 
vol. i. p. 248). It may be safely inferred, however, 
from what has already been stated with regard to 
the instinctive propensities manifested by this species 
when in confinement, that the position it occupies 
among the heterogeneous forms with which it is 
associated in the Linnean genus Lovxia is decidedly 
inappropriate. 
