3 . 
Tho 'UacV Nod y neat a on cliff ledges a t all 1 te breeding 
stations i.a the A Men tic (except in tho Brl tif’ load u res (Selvln ) ) 
but in tae fact fie and Indian Oceana it us -in? \j no a vs c. i tho 
branches of h%mx*Mxm&'f*X)M9kK'kky$x2 t : d up- itr re'.uMvo, 
!^|0 
it oe - ai3 never to neat on flu t ground though 
soT.efci ea resorting to lo v hushes in tir abnon*;'* of any t hint? 
better ( unro). (Wii.>cnv. 4*vans were informed by iVilnor, Rothsch- 
ild a co. lector, tha t in iuaysan, ^isiana’cy »m.5 .-'id way the a ooles 
laid its egg on Lie oand ll’/c the Frown Nod 1y, but a oho to in 
i'tothschild * s birds of bsyaan a he w r tae bir c no iln_; in busaen . 
duJUi f fcaA 
l habit 
Richardson * ,, leher > lunro, Fie her *'•- drldrln. Ftsh-r, Richardson 
and refer :>rtly to cliff-, out tree- or bush-nas tlrnO) 
Ther< .'are to be r further difference be two on 
the blec v and brown Hod a ion, u.v ely in the no: t 1 teelf. "'tut of 
|* • 
s .Oiii.i ia » . riea from a £<of 3 1 r.t vrr or shoi u to substantial 
i n m mtm i mw m **m 
;)i .e of twig 3 or den weed, out la ncv?r :■ r e t ! n a r ■ tin r ^hepeloec 
pile of material, with a alight hoi i cm on tors, The post of 
5 *T^ 
tenu iro-.? trie ■lo ; •/.. r j a r,nr e at, c n !>■■-'? . <• -.ly > . c-nnwe^.d 
or tno lea /es of tre s, and is o] ns f.ero'* vrl U> iro- lnaa. Of 26 
» I 
aooarentl/ inde '©ndent accounts of the ncefce of trnuirostris 
in the literature, 14 KjHm%t%8xfZ$ particu • ri y mention that, 
the nest : in to rial it, option te : together * th <3coron«nt, and 2 others 
show it in|£i Vnoto without remarking on it. On the other hand 
of 54 accounts of th< nests of a t o Il dus only tv:o mention tho 
presence of droppings (Gilbert, juo to- >y Coir. i, and irynn ' . 
Xt would ae-w therefore th. t t. •- ■ ••. x 1 ror-tri. 3 deffeeoo tec on its nect 
more than atolidus. Hr s tae habit oeruo boco e an integral 
