THE HUMMING-BIRD. 



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THE HUMMING-BIRD. 



The humming-bird may be called the fly-catcher of the tropics, for he is 

 quite as expert as the swallow. 



THE GIANT HUMMING-BIRD. 





But his habits and his mode of proceeding are rather different. In the 

 first place, he is, as you know, the smallest of all the birds, and in some cases 

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