XLIII. 

 THE KUBY-THKOATED HUMMING-BIKD. 



[N the early spring, when the warm sun 

 brings out countless flowers and blossoms, 

 the inhabitants of the United States, and 

 other portions of North America, are 

 rejoiced to behold a fairy creature, light as air, 

 and with resplendent colours, advance to the 

 gardens and groves. Its gorgeous throat glows 

 with fiery red ; the feathers are very strong, and 

 lie upon each other like scales. As the bird 

 moves they change from crimson to black, and 

 from black to crimson. 



Its costume of lustrous green changes and 

 sparkles like the light of emeralds. Its move- 



