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forest species (Phaethominse) are seldom seen at flowers, 

 flowers being, in the shady places where they abide, of 

 rare occurrence; but they search for insects on leaves, 

 threading the bushes and passing above and beneath 

 each leaf with wonderful rapidity. The other group 

 (Trochilinae) are not quite confined to cleared places, as 

 they come into the forest wherever a tree is in blossom, 

 and descend into sunny openings where flowers are to 

 be found. But it is only where the woods are less dense 

 than usual that this is the case ; in the lofty forests 

 and twilight shades of the low lands and islands they 

 are scarcely ever seen. I searched well at Caripi, ex- 

 pecting to find the Lophornis Gouldii, which I was told 

 had been obtained in the locality. This is one of the 

 most beautiful of all humming-birds, having round its 

 neck a frill of long white feathers tipped with golden 

 green. I was not, however, so fortunate as to meet 

 with it. Several times I shot by mistake a humming- 





Humming-bird and Humming-bird Hawk-moth. 



