CHAPTER XI. 



THE AZURE CROWN HUMMING-BIRD. 



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N the tropical regions of Brazil, the 

 birds have no need to migrate, 

 from one part of the country to 

 another, to escape the winter. 

 There is no cold season to drive them 

 from their haunts and homes. So that 

 the Cuckoo never flits, as she does in Eng- 

 land, and the Swallow is seen making his 

 aerial curves and sweeps the whole year 

 round. 



But many reasons impel the birds at 

 times to wander. 



At one season of the year, great rains 



