NATURAL HISTORY. 



ORNISMYA. (Gr. "Opvig, a bird ; pvc, a mouse.) 



Gouldii (Lat. of Gould), Gould's Humming bird. 

 Sappho (Gr. proper name), the Bar tailed Humming-bird. 



Cora (proper name), the Cora Humming-bird. 



Chrysolopha (Gr. Xpvoo? , gold ; 2,60of , a crest), the Double-crested 



Humming-bird. 



a humming or "buzzing sound is produced, from which pecu- 

 liarity the name of HUMMTNG-BIRD has been given them in al- 

 most every language. "Waterton's description of the appear- 

 ance of the Humming-bird in the sun is very characteristic. 



" Though least in size, the glittering mantle of the Hum- 

 ming-bird entitles it to the first place in the list of the birds 

 of the New World. It may truly be called the Bird of Para- 

 dise ; and had it existed in the Old "World, it would have 

 claimed the title instead of the bird which has now the honour 

 to bear it. See it darting through the air almost as quick as 

 thought ! now it is within a yard of your face in an instant 



