THE HUMMING-BIRD. 



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Often it is made of thistle-down, or of lichens, with cotton and wool 

 inside. Two tiny white eggs are laid in it, which by-and-by become little 



THE SICKLE-BILLED HUMMING-BIRD. 



humming-birds. At first they arc without any feathers, and are more like 

 bluebottle flies than anything else. 



There is a huge spider in that part of the world as big or bigger than 

 the hummin";-bird himself. 



