STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



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ET me talk to you a moment about 

 the humming bird. How much 

 these fairy creatures add to the 

 (fli||f '"''£1, sc "beauty and interest of a residence 

 in the country. I have seen one, 

 many a time, poised in the air, with his long 

 bill for a moment in the corolla of some flower, 

 and then, in an instant, almost, flitting away 

 with astonishing rapidity, to extract the sweets 

 from another flower. Once I saw one fly 

 through the window of a house into the room 

 where I was sitting. He was terribly fright- 

 ened, though. He evidently had mistaken his 

 way, and was glad when he found himself 

 again in the garden among his favorite roses 

 and morning-glories. 



There are a great many different varieties 

 of this beautiful bird. The one which is rep- 



