WESTERN BIRDS Hummingbird 



It was amusing to see how he took to this bottle. Like 

 all babies, he was fond of it, knowing full well that it 

 contained his food. When I took it up he would stretch 

 his little neck in an effort to get it, and when placed 

 before him he stuck in his bill and drank his fill. 



Several times during his stay with me, I found him 

 numbed with cold, but a few minutes of cuddling in my 

 hand soon revived him, proving that these delicate little 

 creatures are tougher than many a larger bird. 



I had felt all the time that I should not be able to 

 raise him because I could not supply the insect food 

 which he needed. But he lived on, growing and becom- 

 ing a little stronger, but still unable to fly. At night I 

 placed him in a box surrounded by cotton, for the nights 

 were cold. On the morning of the ninth day of his stay 

 with me, when I raised the cotton to bid him good morn- 

 ing, he did not move and I found that he had died just 

 as he had gone to sleep the night before, sitting upright, 

 with one wing partly spread. Poor little chap. He had 

 made a good fight but needed a feathered mother's care. 



J. H. Bowles reports finding a nest of this species on 

 February 10th, 1912, at Santa Barbara. On the 13th 

 there were eggs. This seems quite unusual since it is 

 usually February before they are reported. 



GENUS STELLULA: CALLIOPE HUM- 

 MINGBIRD. 



Calliope Hummingbird: Stellula calliope. 



FAMILY— HUMMINGBIRDS. 



The smallest bird in America is the Calliope Hum- 

 mingbird, which is found in the mountains of the west 

 from British Columbia and southern Alberta to southern 



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