48 GOULD S COQUETTE. 



neck a frill of long white feathers tipped 

 with golden-green. 



There is a strong likeness said to exist 

 between the Humming- Birds and some of 

 the insect tribe. The Humming-Bird 

 seems more allied to the moth or the 

 butterfly than to the rest of the birds. 

 There is one moth so much like it, that 

 the naturalist has been known to shoot it 

 by mistake for the tiny gem we have been 

 describing. It is called the "humming- 

 bird hawk-moth." It is rather smaller 

 than the Humming-Bird, but has just the 

 same habits. It darts and whirls about 

 with wonderful quickness, and hovers over 

 the flower just as the bu'd does. 



It has a long trunk or proboscis, which 

 it thrusts into the flower in search of food. 

 At the end of its body is a tuft or brush, 

 w^hich, when spread open, is not unlike the 

 tail of a bird. 



