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contain five flesh-coloured eggs, streaked in zi^-za^ with dark 

 brown lines. Among the other waders are a snow-white 

 heron, another ash-coloured, and a large white stork. The 

 ash-coloured herons are always in pairs — the white always 

 singly, standing quiet and alone on the edge of the water, or 

 half hidden in the green capim. The trees and hushes are 



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full of small warbler-like birds. The most numerous and 

 interesting is one which builds a very extraordinary nest, 

 considering the size of the bird. It is known among the 

 country people by the name of pedreiro, or the fomeiro — 

 both names referring to the nature of its habitation. This 

 singular nest is built of clay, and is as hard as stone — pedra; 

 while it is the shape of the mandioca oven — fovno — in which 



