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and green the Rump and Breaft are 

 green, the Throat grey, the Belly white, 

 the Wings and Tail black and green it 

 feeds on Seeds and Kernels of Fruit. 

 There are feveral Specimens of Humming 

 Birds, it makes a Noife in flying like the 

 Humming of a Bee, and with its little 

 Beak, which exceeds not the Size of a 

 Needle, fucks the Juice out of Flowers 

 as it flies it is the fmalleft of all Birds, 

 but of the mofl: beautiful and lively Co- 

 lours there are feveral Kinds of them of 

 v arious Sizes, fome fo fmall as to weigh 

 no more than the tenth Part of an Ounce ; 

 the Indians make very curious Piftures of 

 its Feathers the Leg and Foot together 

 meafure but half an Inch, its whole Trunk 

 not an Inch. We mufl next mention 

 jbme Birds of the Titmoufe Kind, as the 

 Blackcap, the Blue Titmoufe or I^un, and the 

 Blue American Titmoufe, called in Brafil 

 Guizacenoia ; in this lafl: the Head, Throat, 

 Breaft, Belly, and the lower Part of the 

 Beak are of a Hne blue, the Neck and 



Tail 



