Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
THE FREE-TOED PERCHING BIRDS
THE OVEN-BIRDS AND ALLIES
Cachalotes
Of the second group we may only mention the Cachalotes (Pseudosizura), large birds, between nine and ten inches long, with very loud, far-reaching voices and an aggressive disposition. Of the nest of the Brown Cachalote (P. lophotes), Mr. Barrows says: “His nest is built entirely of sticks, and many of them of goodly size, frequently as large round as your little finger, and two feet or more long. These are disposed in such a way as to form a structure three or four feet in length by two in breadth in the widest part, the whole very much resembling a gigantic powder flask lying on its side among the lower branches of a spreading tree. It is quite loosely built, and the nest cavity is rather indefinite, being any portion of the floor of the nest the bird selects for the reception of the eggs. These are usually three or four in number, pure white, and can usually be counted through the loose floor of the nest.