230 THE AZUKE CROWN HUMMING-BIRD. 



And more than that, in the open country an 

 abundant banquet is awaiting them. The trees 

 are loaded with the most tempting fruit. Here 

 are ripe oranges, hanging in profusion, their golden 

 hue displaying itself amid the flowers and blossoms 

 of the tree. 



Here is the banana, and many more bending 

 under their rich burden. The maize-fields and 

 the rice -fields are equally tempting ; and such a 

 lure cannot be resisted. 



Forth come the birds, from the damp gloomy 

 forest, to the fields, and groves, and uplands. 



Each bird makes for its especial food. The 

 Parrots fall upon the fields of maize. The 

 Toucans devour the bananas with keen relish. 

 And the Finch tribe, clad in costume of blue and 

 scarlet, make for the rice. 



Many beautiful birds, rarely seen at other times, 

 are now abroad, flaunting their rich plumage in 

 the open fields. 



The Indian hunter, and the white man who has 

 settled in the country, takes, the one his rifle, and 

 the other his blow-pipe and his poisoned arrow. 



