90 CORA SHEAR-TAIL HUMMING-BIRD. 



Here is a species of Goose with snowy 

 plumage and dark-green wings. And 

 here, in the swamps and marshes, is the 

 Scarlet Flamingo ; and here is the Ibis, 

 and the Plover, and the Gull. 



In the sheltered valleys the traveller 

 seems to step from the blasts of winter to 

 the joys of perpetual spring. From the 

 wretched hut of the Indian, on the heiofhts 

 yonder, he may, in a few hours, journey 

 to the land of the Humming-Bird and the 

 palm. Here he may feast on tropical 

 fruits, and be surrounded by fields and 

 meadows, rich in all the plenteousness of 

 harvest. 



The elevated country near Lima, the 

 capital of Peru, is the home of the beauti- 

 ful bird called the Cora Shear-Tail Hum- 

 ming-Bird. It is a tiny creature, and has 

 two of its tail-feathers very long indeed. 



Many of the Humming-Birds have been 



