XLI. 

 PHAON COMET HUMMING-BIRD. 



"ERE is a part of South America which 

 is, next to Thibet, the highest country 

 in the world. It is a kind of plateau 

 situated between two ranges of the Andes, 

 and is very much larger than England. Indeed, 

 it would take nine such islands as England to 

 make one tract of country like Bolivia. 



I have brought you here, because in Bolivia, 

 and also in Peru, there are some of the beautiful 

 birds we are describing. 



In the Picture, you see a creature of rare and 

 exquisite loveliness. It is called the Phaon 

 Comet, and indeed it flashes, and sparkles, and 



