. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana . 27made of green, growing moss, and placed close to the trunkof a tree, about six feet from the ground. We marked thespot and went on, but a day or two later 1 returned andexamined it more carefully. This Thrush is olive brownabove, pale below with a streaked chin and throat like ournorthern Robin. Tts most characteristic mark, however, is apatch of pure white on the upper breast, which flashes outlike a star among the shadows of the jungle. The parent wasshy and would slip off at my
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana . 27made of green, growing moss, and placed close to the trunkof a tree, about six feet from the ground. We marked thespot and went on, but a day or two later 1 returned andexamined it more carefully. This Thrush is olive brownabove, pale below with a streaked chin and throat like ournorthern Robin. Tts most characteristic mark, however, is apatch of pure white on the upper breast, which flashes outlike a star among the shadows of the jungle. The parent wasshy and would slip off at my approach, but return as silentlyif I walked away for a minute. When T prepared to photo- JUNGLE LIFE AT AREMU. 323 graph the nest she thought something was seriously wrongand voiced her alarm with a sharp cut! cut! When I focussedclose to her home, her anger got the better of her and shescolded me roundly with harsh notes, repeated in phrases ofseven, chack-chack-chack-chack-chack-chack-cliack! The nest touched the trunk of the tree, but rested on aloop of a two-inch bush rope or liana, which swung against. Fig. 132. Nest and Eggs of White-throated Robin. the bark, binding one tree to another. Just below was afungoid excrescence larger than the nest itself. The nestwas a double one, the new one being built directly on theolder. The latter was composed of dry dead moss, while thenew one was fresh and green. There were two eggs, paleblue-green, thickly spotted with brown of various shades,much more densely at the larger end. We found this Robin was a common breeder hereaboutsand discovered four other nests, all within a half milt of 324 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. the clearing, yet all in deep jungle. The parents differedradically in their actions; two allowing us to inspect theirtreasures without fear, while two others became terrifiedif we approached within twenty feet of their nest. To return to our Trumpeter and howling monkey hunt;it rained much of the morning, but for the
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