5O About the Feathered Folk. 



and fashioned into a rather deep 

 cup. One species of Humming-bird 

 the " ruff-necked honey-sucker " 

 wraps its nest round and about with 

 spiders' webs, and fastens them into 

 place by a natural gum secreted by 

 glands in the mouth of the bird. 

 Little fragments of red and yellow 

 lichen are stuck here and there, 

 evidently for ornament The eggs, 

 of the purest and most delicate 

 whiteness, are seldom more than 

 two in number; but, as the Humming- 

 bird breeds all the year round, the 

 successive pairs of nestlings count 

 up to a pretty respectable tale of 

 children in the end. 



People who live in London do 

 not half appreciate one of the most 

 beautiful sights that London affords, 

 and that is the Natural History 

 Museum in the Cromwell Road, 

 South Kensington. Perhaps the 

 word " museum " has a dull sound, 

 and scares folk away. One remem- 



