CHAPTER VIII. 



GOULD S COQUETTE. 



HERE is a naturalist who has 

 spent much time and labour in 

 1^ studying the habits of the Hum- 

 ^ ming-Bird. He has given us a 

 great deal of information about them, in 

 a book written for the purpose, and which 

 is the most valuable we have on the subject. 

 There is a lovely bird named after him, 

 '' Gould's Humming-Bird," or '^Gould's 

 Coquette." 



It is one of the most beautiful of its 

 tribe. Its head and crest are of vivid red ; 

 its wings are purple ; and it wears on its 



