Humming Bird, Ruby-Throated 



It seems like the winged spirit of color .... its 

 body like green beryl and its throat glancing fire. 



Florence A. Merriam. Birds Through an Opera Glass. ^ 



The nest is the most exquisite of all the beautiful struc- 

 tures of winged architects. 



Florence A. Merriam. Birds of Village and Field. ^ 



The nest contained two eggs about the size of a pea-bean. 

 Flagg. a Year With the Birds.^^ 



The ruby-throat feeds on insects as well as on the juices 

 of flowers, and when you see him probing a corolla he is 

 quite as likely to be after the one as the other. 



Chapman. Bird Life.^^ 



At evening one often hears of a '' humming bird" going 

 the rounds of the garden, but at this hour it is usually 

 the sphinx-moth hovering about the flower-beds — the one 

 other creature besides the bee for which the bird is ever 

 mistaken. The postures and preferences of this beautiful 

 large moth make the mistake a very natural one. 



Neltje Blanchan. Bird Neighbors.^ 



The humming bird, with busy wing, 

 In rainbow beauty moves. 



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