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long grasses, while those nests which were placed in 

 the trees were made of sticks and were lined with 



Hh;. Newly liatclird I'l'liraiis. Ground nest. 



grasses, the nest proiier being erected on a platform 

 of larger sticks laid from crotch to crotch in the 

 biishes in such a manner as to form a broad, firm 

 foundation, though, structurally, it was not a part 

 of tlie nest, whicli could be lifted without removing 

 the platform. 



The difference between fhe nests of straw^"" and 

 those of sticks"" were so marked that it seems prob- 

 able their makers regularly selected sites on the 



