. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago. Plants -- Trinidad and Tobago; Agriculture -- Trinidad and Tobago. 1922.] TRINIDAD BIRDS. MI Family TYRRANID/E. Tyrant Fly-Catchers. 34. Fluvicola pica Bodd. The Washer-woman. LeotaudNo. 108. This pretty little black and white bird is generally common, particularly in the more open parts of the country devoted to sugar growing, and is frequently seen settling on the telegraph wires along the main Fig. 1.—The Washer-woman (Fluvicola pica). About half natural size. It makes a small covered nest with the opening near the to
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago. Plants -- Trinidad and Tobago; Agriculture -- Trinidad and Tobago. 1922.] TRINIDAD BIRDS. MI Family TYRRANID/E. Tyrant Fly-Catchers. 34. Fluvicola pica Bodd. The Washer-woman. LeotaudNo. 108. This pretty little black and white bird is generally common, particularly in the more open parts of the country devoted to sugar growing, and is frequently seen settling on the telegraph wires along the main Fig. 1.—The Washer-woman (Fluvicola pica). About half natural size. It makes a small covered nest with the opening near the top at •one side on bushes, trees and even telegraph posts. The nest is made of grass stalks and cotton fluff and usually lined with feathers. Nests have been found on the following occasions. (1) On October 26, 1917 at Harmony Hall about twenty feet from the ground in a large tree. (2) On June 18, 1918 at Craignish in a Castilloa tree about twenty feet from the ground. (3) On July 4, 1918 at La Fortunee Sugar Estate at the end of a long branch of a fiddlewood tree overhanging a pond. It contained three eggs. (4) On July 11, 1918 at La Fortunee, a nest just commencing in a bush over a small stream about three feet from the ground. Both sexes were bringing nesting Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trinidad and Tobago. Dept. of Agriculture. Trinidad : Dept. of Agriculture
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