LECTURE V. 181 



it appears that the young Cuckow, on the very 

 first day of its exclusion from the egg, employs 

 itself in throwing out all tin- yotm : of tin- bird 

 under which it. has been hatch sole 



possessor of the not, , all the care 



of the parent bird. Wjn-tln r any of the mi- 

 nn T- ! . tie Cuekou.s pursue a plan 



ueli diilcnng from the general inst itution of 

 Nat i. '\\n. 



But, of all the ord(r Picd' y none is so remark- 

 able for beauty and .singularity as the numerous 

 genus Trochi/itx or 1 iumming-Bird. This bril- 

 liant and lively race is p ciilinr to America, and 

 with it \v (Xi'eptions, to tin- hottail parts of South 

 America. Their vivacity, swiftness, and singular 

 appearance unite in rendering the Ilumming- 

 Hirds the admiration of mankind ; while their 

 colniii-N arc so brilliant, that it is not by com- 

 paring them with the analogous hues of other 

 birds that u c arc cnaMcrl to describe their ap- 

 UHC, but by the more exalted brilliancy of 

 polUhed metals and precious >tone>; the ruby, 

 the topaz, the garnet, the sapphire, the emerald, 

 and polished gold being considered as the most 

 proper objects of elucidation. It is not however 



