LARGE-HEADED ROBIN. 
it could of me from another aspect. It lives on the insects that abound in 
these humid localities : flies, gnats and small moths being equally liked ; its 
call is a low twittering note, repeated only at intervals. I found its nest on 
several occasions, which is the prettiest little structure that one could wish to 
see, being generally built in lawyer palm canes, and so placed that it is out 
of harm’s way as far as its enemies on the ground are concerned, suspended 
midway between two scrub trees ; the spiny-vine keeping anything from 
creeping along it, and the long slender wire-like spines hanging around with 
the numerous jagged barbs on them, make the situation doubly secure, as 
these lawyer spines are by no means friendly objects to get caught in while 
going through the thick tropical scrubs; in fact, they help, with the many 
other thorny and spiked plants, to make the thickets impenetrable.” 
Little is known of its life-history on account of such a habitat and restricted 
range, and the three named subspecies can be recognised, but there is not a 
specific difference as commonly recognised by earlier writers. 
