144 BEAUTIFUL BIRDS 
tailed crest—and there are three on each side, three 
little velvet green feather-threads, floating out on 
each side behind his head. On his throat there is a 
gorget of gleaming, jewelly green, much lighter than 
the other greens—more like emerald, but with a 
goldeny, bronzy wash in it, as well. Just think how 
beautiful that must be! And then, lower down on 
his throat, underneath the green gorget—as if all that 
were not enough for him—this Humming-bird has 
something else—we will call it a tippet—which flies out 
all round his neck, and, especially, on each side of it. 
A tippet or a rufflz—perhaps that is rather a better 
word—a ruffle of velvet black feathers in front, and 
of light chestnut feathers with velvet black stripes— 
like a tiger—on each side. As for his tail, it spreads 
out into a dear little fan, and the fan is chestnut 
and black too, broad stripes of chestnut and narrow 
stripes of black, with a broad patch of black where it 
begins, which looks like the handle of the fan. What 
a pretty, pretty bird! Fancy a little birdie that is 
only about two inches long, and has a crest like a 
swallow-tail on his head, a gorget—or lappet—on his 
throat, a tippet—or ruffle—just underneath the gorget, 
and a little spray of feather-threads on each side of 
his head, just underneath the crest! Fancy killing 
such a little fairy-bird as that! Fancy wanting to 
kill him! But it is all the little demon. Jt is he 
