258 COEA SHEAR-TAIL HUMMING-BIRD. 



Even here, wild as the scenery is, there are 

 many beautiful birds. 



Here is a species of Goose with snowy plum- 

 age and dark-green wings. And here, in the 

 swamps and marshes, is the Scarlet Flamingo ; 

 and here is the Ibis, and the Plover, and the 

 Gull. 



In the sheltered valleys, the traveller seems 

 to step from, the blasts of winter to the joys of 

 perpetual spring. From the wretched hut of the 

 Indian, on the heights yonder, he may, in a few 

 hours, journey to the land of the Humming-Bird 

 and the palm. Here he may feast on tropical 

 fruits, and be surrounded by fields and meadows, 

 rich in all the plenteousness of harvest. 



The elevated country near Lima, the capital of 

 Peru, is the home of the beautiful bird in the 

 Picture. It is a tiny creature, and has, as you 

 see, two of its tail-feathers very long indeed. 



Many of the Humming-Birds have been named 

 after precious stones ; such as the emerald, the 

 topaz, and the ruby, which their flashing plumage 

 resembles. The bird in the Picture has given to 



