240 RUFFED AND TUFTED HUMMING-BIRDS. 



gested by the ornament worn by the bird. It can 

 set up its beautiful ruff, and give itself the most 

 attractive appearance. 



For it is during the courting season that the 

 ruff appears in its full beauty. 



The bird in the Picture has a ruff of the 

 most fairy-like description. And it has a crest of 

 chestnut and green, while the throat is yellow. 

 It is one of the family of Coquettes, and lives in 

 Peru. 



Thousands of Humming-Birds, rare to us, but 

 common enough in these sunny lands, sport in 

 the forests of Brazil, and are clad in rainbow 

 vesture. 



The traveller beholds them as in a vast aviary, 

 flashing brightness and beauty on every side. 



Here are a whole bevy of beautiful birds. 

 Crowds of Parrots sidle about on the branches, 

 or dress their gaudy plumage ; and here are the 

 caressing Love-Birds, and the flaming Macaws. 

 And close by, sits the solemn Trogon in his re- 

 splendent plumes. And little gleams of blue and 

 scarlet among the branches show the presence 



