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CENTRAL CHILE 
CHAP. XII 
body being kept in a nearly vertical position. This action 
appears to steady and support the bird, between the slow 
movements of its wings. Although flying from flower to flower 
in search of food, its stomach generally contained abundant 
remains of insects, which I suspect are much more the object 
of its search than honey. The note of this species, like that of 
nearly the whole family, is extremely shrill. 
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CHILIAN SPUES, STIRRUP, ETC. 
