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and thick foliage a good deal, hunting under the leaves and into buds for small insects ; but they 

 take nectar from flowers in an equal degree. They build a penduline nest, generally in some 

 thick bush, hanging it from the leaves and outermost twigs. They are very fond of building in 

 orange-trees and others of equally dense foliage." In a later article he observes, " these birds 

 are decidedly scarce, though found throughout Natal. Small insects appear to form their 

 principal diet. The females seem much to outnumber the males." This preponderance of 

 "females" may be probably accounted for by the plumage of the immature males being similar 

 to that of the adult hen bird. 



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