THE ANNA HUMMING-BIRD. 



HEN your are near the shruu- 

 bery about your home, or in 

 the river bottoms and arroyos, 

 and you hear a humming or whiz- 

 zing sound, stand stock-still and 

 wait ! You will see a glint of lilac- 

 crimson and golden-green, with a 

 shimmer of dusky wings and that is the male 

 Anna hummer. 



He may alight close to you, on a twig as small 

 as a hat-pin, and preen himself, and listen, and 

 doze off to sleep. Suddenly, he will open his eyes 

 at a sound you did not hear, turn his beautiful 

 head, and dart off into the sky. You may watch 

 him until he is the size of a fly far in the blue, 

 when, without notice, he 

 will dart down, and then 

 whirl in circles above your 

 head, and trip east and 

 west, zigzag, in mid-air, 

 and then disappear in the 

 bush. If you wait a while 



REFERENCE TOPICS. 



Sycamore trees and 

 leaves. 



Construction of spider- 

 webs. 



Habits of spiders. 

 Habits of opossums. 



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