No. 214. Megaloprepia assimilis. 
Nesting birds sit very close, they will often allow one 
to approach to within a few feet of the nest before they 
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When the bird flushes the limb sways about in an alarm- 
ing manner and one fully expects the egg to fall off the 
nest; yet I have never seen this occur. In nearly every 
instance the egg is firmly held between a couple of the 
twigs or tendrils of which the nest ie composed. 
Unk the nest contains a hard set egg or a small young one. 
the parent bird when flushed, drops to near the ground, 
flutters away a few yards tumbling about as if wounded, 
until it attracts attention; then it flutters away again 
just keeping out of reach, repeating these tactics until 
it has enticed one well away from the nest; then it flys 
off out of sight. 
