SUGAR-BIRDS 



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friends of the farmer, for although subsisting largely on 

 nectar sucked from the flowers of protea bushes and other 



Fig. 9. — Cape Long-tailed Sugar- Bird at nest. (The nest, with egg 

 just visible, is near the lower ieft-hand corner.) 



blooms, they feed extensively on various insects. They are 

 amongst the few winter breeders in South Africa, nesting 

 from May to July. The nest is a deep cup of twigs, dry 



