62 THE AZUEE CROWN HUMMING-BIRD. 



relish ; and the Finch tribe, clad in cos- 

 tume of blue and scarlet, make for the 

 rice. 



Many beautiful birds, rarely seen at 

 other times, are now abroad, flaunting 

 their rich plumage in the open fields. 



The Indian hunter, and the white man 

 who has settled in the country, takes, the 

 one his rifle, and the other his blow-pipe 

 and his poisoned arrow. 



The white man can shoot numbers of 

 beautiful birds without much trouble. The 

 gay Cotinga, the Parrot, and the Toucan, 

 fall alike beneath his gun. 



The Indian is on the w^atch for a splen- 

 did Macaw, that is generally out of his 

 reach in the recesses of the forest. 



But the magnificent bird, with its flam- 

 ing colours, has ventured from its retreat, 

 to banquet on certain fruits in which it 

 delights, and which grow in the open 



