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Dondi’oeca discolor. 
Middlesex Oounuy, T''ass. 
Tv/'o nests, four (Sf'gs each; both in bolmont in a 
locality vdioro T have taken thorn every season. They 
vror . in rather exceptional situations, in lovr scattering 
barboiTios away rrom the thick clumps and not over tliroe 
foot above the ground. One vras so conspicuously placed 
thau it could be soori thirty yards away. Neither of 
the females aat as closely as usual and T had even diffi¬ 
culty in gottii-ig a satisfactory sight at one of them. 
She vrould start when I vras about twenty feet avray and 
fly directly into a .grove of cedars about orio huridred 
yards disttrnt. The fornalo of the other nest was nearly 
as shy but after being started returned and began chirp¬ 
ing ix 'ar me. The iiests v/ero cradled betvreon throe or 
i our upright stems and presented ' beautiful aT/pearar.co 
among -.e poiidant golden blossoms with which the berries 
are covered at this season. The ^-'omale sits very deep 
in bhe nest hhr back beir.j'' decidedly bolov/ its rim. I 
hoard many males singing in places where I could find no 
nests; the majority of them wore probably batchelors. 
Several at i'nelm.ont ' . 
Shot two in first plumage. 
