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15 cm
in length.
About the size of the magpie robin, but with
shorter tail. Sexes similar. It is a soberly colored bird, brown with a darker brown cap,
and the face, supercilious and all under parts are pale rusty.
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A
shy jungle-loving bird, it lives in pairs. The nest is a domed, outwardly untidy structure
composed of dead leaves, skeleton leaves, dry grass, etc., placed on the ground among the
same kind of objects, among the same kind of objects, among which it is practically
impossible to distinguish unless, and until, the bird flies off at one's feet. It is often
situated at the base of a tree or shrub and is always in deep forest. The two eggs are
broad ovals, white or off-white and thickly speckled with some shade of brown. They
measure about 22.2 X 16.2 mm. |
