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INSESSORES. 
from Martin’s u Humming Birds of Gould’s Collec- 
tion : ”■ 
u In the latter part of February a friend showed 
me a nest of this species, in a singular situation, but 
which I afterward found to be quite in accordance 
with its usual habits. It was at Bognie, situated on 
the Bluefield Mountain. About a quarter of a mile 
within the woods, a blind path, choked up with bushes, 
descends suddenly beneath an overhanging rock of 
limestone, the face of which presents large projec- 
tions and hanging points, encrusted with a rough tu- 
berculous sort of stalactite. At one corner of the 
bottom there is a cavern, in which a tub is fixed, to 
receive water of great purity, which perpetually drips 
from the roof, and which in the dry season is a most 
valuable resource. Beyond this, which is very ob- 
scure, the eye penetrates to a larger area, deeper still, 
which receives light from some other communication 
with the air. Bound the projections and groins of 
the front, the roots of the trees above have entwined, 
and to a fibre of one of these, hanging down, not 
thicker than a whip-cord, was suspended a Humming 
Bird’s nest, containing two eggs. It seemed to be 
composed wholly of moss, was thick, and attached to 
the rootlet by the side. One of the eggs was broken. 
I did not disturb it, but after three weeks visited it 
again. It had apparently been handled by some cu- 
rious child, for both eggs were broken and the nest 
evidently deserted. While I lingered in this roman- 
tic place, picking up some of the land shells which 
were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard the 
