. Bird notes . ^^ ^J |H *• • k \^ ^flU l^lH ^flll pB^ l^^^l w ^sL mS^HIIIIII^^H %/ T^ kZ ^i^H^^^^H tt-ii^^. K < q S^i |B l^K^^H^Bn^ qI Phnto^i hji E. 0. White-eyes—left (?, right ?. Waiting for mealwormsfor hungry brood. Bird Photon h,j /•;. O. of Indian Wliite-eye (i/. ixdjxhrimi). The utiper figure shows nest in normal position ; in the lower figurethe branch was pegged down, so as to show interior of nest. The of flie Indian White-eye, 227 Not till they had been with me for some weeks did theygive indications of being- a true pair. Then I caughtth
. Bird notes . ^^ ^J |H *• • k \^ ^flU l^lH ^flll pB^ l^^^l w ^sL mS^HIIIIII^^H %/ T^ kZ ^i^H^^^^H tt-ii^^. K < q S^i |B l^K^^H^Bn^ qI Phnto^i hji E. 0. White-eyes—left (?, right ?. Waiting for mealwormsfor hungry brood. Bird Photon h,j /•;. O. of Indian Wliite-eye (i/. ixdjxhrimi). The utiper figure shows nest in normal position ; in the lower figurethe branch was pegged down, so as to show interior of nest. The of flie Indian White-eye, 227 Not till they had been with me for some weeks did theygive indications of being- a true pair. Then I caughtthem carrying bents into a large elder tree, but could traceno signs of the beginning of a nest, I only got occasionalglimpses of them, and sometimes missed them for days. Onthe evening of June 27th I noticed one of them fly from thetip of a hawthorn brancli, and a dangling piece of hay causedme to investigate, and I then found a nest which containeda clutch of eggs (pale bluish-white). The birds, for bothshared the duties of incubation, sat very closely and did notleave their eggs unless one approached within a foot of theirdomicile, but the bird returntd at once on the objectionablepersons withdrawal. The nest was somewhat like its builde
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