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Humming Birds in Guiana are ex- 

 tremely numerous, fmall, and various. 

 They fupport themfelves in a fteady 

 pofition clofe to the flowers, without 

 lighting, by the motion of their wings, 

 which is fo very rapid as to be almofl 

 invifible : in this pofition they infert 

 their tongues, confifling each of two 

 fine flefhy threads, into the cavity of a 

 flower, and fuck the honey : during 

 this time, the quick motion of their 

 wings makes a humming noife, like that 

 of a Bee. They are the moft beautiful 

 of the winged creation, and by much 

 the fmalleft of the feathered tribe, fome 

 of them not exceeding fifty grains in 

 weight. Their nefts are extremely fmall 

 and curious, and are commonly built 

 on the twigs of fruit trees, by the fe- 

 male, the male procuring the materials, 

 of which cotton is the principal. The 

 female lays two eggs at a time, which 

 are clear, white, almofl tranfparent, and 

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