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Show Novel Nest At the last meeting of the British Ornithologists' club, Mr. A. L. Butler exhibited a "nest" from Trinidad, which was merely a hollow formed by the rotting out of the soft pith at the top of a broken-off sapling. The breadth of the top of '.he stump was only just sufficient to contain the single egg. and the egg, on the cup-aud-ball principle, fitted the cavity so neatly that it could not be lifted out with the fingers. The bird incubates in a perfectly erect position with Its head and neck stretched stiffly upwards, up-wards, and its tail pressed to the side of the stump, of which Its upright figure seems to form a part. The species have adopted the habit of sitting bolt upright on similar stomps whether incubating or not. |