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HUMMIXG-BIRD HAWK MOTH. 



in front of the blossom. How it got there ho 

 does not know, for it appears as if it had been 

 gifted with the power of making itself visible 

 and invisible at will. 



Presently, a long, thread-like proboscis is 



thrust into the flower, and there the insect 

 feeds quite at its ease, suspended in the air by 

 the wings, which are scarcely visible from the 

 rapidity of their motion. It is very bold, and 



