. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Brian /•.' Powell 45 Bull BOX'. 2005 125(1) depth cm, inside width of cup cm and distance from bottom of cup to bot- tom o\" nest 20 cm. It was constructed of mosses, rhizomes and other fine plant materials, giving the nest a dark brown coloration. The cup was lined with course materials resembling palm-leaf pinnules. Woven into the bottom of the nest were small dried leaves (Fig. la), which are a common feature of hermit nests (Ruschi 1982, Vigle 1982) and likely assist in disrupting its outline. As with most humming- bird ne
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Brian /•.' Powell 45 Bull BOX'. 2005 125(1) depth cm, inside width of cup cm and distance from bottom of cup to bot- tom o\" nest 20 cm. It was constructed of mosses, rhizomes and other fine plant materials, giving the nest a dark brown coloration. The cup was lined with course materials resembling palm-leaf pinnules. Woven into the bottom of the nest were small dried leaves (Fig. la), which are a common feature of hermit nests (Ruschi 1982, Vigle 1982) and likely assist in disrupting its outline. As with most humming- bird nests, spider webs were used extensively in nest construction, especially around the cup and on points of attachment to the leaf. A unique feature was a strong assemblage of spider webs that originated from the 'tail' end of the nest and were attached to the tip of a nearby leaflet, which held a few plant tendrils and leaves (Fig. lb). According to Ruschi's (1982) classification of hummingbird nests, that described here falls into the Type I category, characterised by their elongated shape with a main body that extends into a caudal apex and, in being loosely woven, the eggs or nestlings are visible through the material. Hummingbirds with this type of nests are also found in the genera Ramphodon, Glaucis and Threnetes. The nest described here differed from previously described nests of those genera, and that of congeneric E. aquila (Vigle 1982), in having distinct sides extending cm from. Figure 1. Nest of Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini showing well-developed overhang above cup, collection of leaves and fine plant materials at the base (a), and attachment to nearby leaflet (b), Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Napo province, Ecuador, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Briti
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