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It was merely a thin cup of fine bush threads and rootlets, 

 while two or three small leaves were fastened to the bottom 

 with strands of cobweb. One could see througli it any- 

 where. It was only if inches across and | of an inch deep 

 inside the cup. 



The bird was on the nest and refused to leave until we 

 lifted her .off and photographed her. Then she flew and 

 chuckle-de-dced with all her little power! 



Fig. 139. Golden-crowned Manakto lifted irom Nesi. 



While insects were far from rare in the jungle itself, they 

 were present in myriads in the little fallen-tree clearings. 

 Blue Morphos flashed in and out of the thickets, while white- 

 spotted, clicking ones, snapped back and forth. In the 

 darker recesses the transparent Ghost Butterilies flew 

 silently and almost invisibly, while Heliconias threaded the 

 vines. Giant bees buzzed past now and then. One which 

 I caught was an inch and a half long with tremendously 



