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STRANGE DWELLINGS. 



of which is remarkable for some pecuHarity of structure, though 

 they are all pensile. 



The first of these nests is that which is made by the White- 

 sided Hill Star {Oreotrochilus leucopleurus) ; a native of the 

 Andes of Acoucagua, inhabiting a zone of very great elevation, 

 seldom being seen less than ten thousand feet above the level 

 of the sea. With the exception of a bright emerald-green gorget. 



SAWBILL HUMMING BRAZILIAN WOOD WHITE-SIDED HILL 



it is rather a dull-coloured bird, the prevailing hue being brown. 

 The nest is shaped something like a hammock, not unlike that 

 of the lanceolated honey-eater, described and figured on page 

 136, and is fastened, not to a twig or a leaf or a branch, but to 

 the side of a rock, being suspended by one side, so as to leave 

 the remainder free. 



