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...with much amusement the cautious peregrination of the hummingbird, who, advancing beneath a spider's web, entered the various labyrinths and cells in search...active little bird generally passed once or twice round the court, as if to reconnoitre his ground, and commenced his attack by going carefully under...

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...with much amusement the cautious peregrination of the humming-bird, who, advancing beneath a spider's web, entered the various labyrinths and cells in search...active little bird generally passed once or twice round the court, as if to reconnoitre his ground, and commenced his attack by going carefully under...

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