

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



I. 



Humming Birds at the Brazils on a Branch of the Orange Tree. 



JL he infinite variety of these little beauties, hovering over the lemon and 

 orange-blossoms in the groves near Rio de Janeiro, renders it difficult 

 to make a selection. Those introduced in this plate were drawn and 

 coloured from nature. That on the wing is called the Fly-bird, from be- 

 ing the smallest of its species, and consequently the least, hitherto known, 

 of the feathered tribes, in any part of the world. 



II. 



Blue Banana Bird at Rio de Janeiro, on a Sprig of the Gnava Tree. 



The beauty and variety of the birds on the coast of Brazil is astonishing: 

 they are all specifically distinguished by naturalists, but the inhabitants of 

 Rio de Janeiro generally call them red, blue, green, and yellow banana- 

 birds, as those colours predominate; especially the birds which feed on 

 bananas and plantains. The guava is one of the most beautiful and best 

 flavoured fruits at the Brazils, and a great favourite with the domesticated 

 songsters among the Portuguese ladies. 



