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when one of these winged diamonds perches itself upon 

 a petal of their virgin corolla, it does not even stir it. 

 Again, Avhen the fragile bird takes flight, its tiny claw has 



148. jSTest of the Maugo Hummins-hiid—Lampomis manyo (Gould). 



not injured the velvet softness of the flower. It might 

 have lighted upon one of the twigs of the modest sensitive 

 plant without this taking any alarm. 



The secretary-bird, on the contrary, possessed of vast 



