THE FLY-CATCHERS. 



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naturalist, has a bright green plumage above, whitish beneath ; 

 a scarlet throat ; sides rose colour ; and the tail-coverts yellow. It 

 is a native of South America and the Antilles ; and Sir Hans Sloane, 

 under the name of Green Humming-bird, describes it as " one of 

 the most beautiful small birds he ever saw." Mr. Browne states that 



Fig. 180. — Rhinoceros Hornbill. 



it is a familiar little bird, and will often let a man come within a lew 

 feet to admire it before becoming alarmed. " It keeps much about 

 the houses in country parts," he adds, " flies slow, and probably may 

 be easily tamed/' 



It lives almost entirely on the ground, feeding on insects, which 

 it catches in the evening. It builds its nest in the crevices on river 



