CRESTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



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and belly are of a dark, dirty, grisled or mixed 

 grey colour : the quills are of a purple colour, and 

 the tail is of a blueish black, something glossy on 

 the upper side, the under side more glossy than, 

 the upper, which is not common : the legs and 

 feet are very small, and of a black colour." 



The female of this species differs in wanting the 

 crest, and in being ash-coloured beneath. Native 

 of South America and some of the West Indian 

 islands. In its general manners and character it 

 seems to resemble the Red-Throated Humming- 

 Bird, being of a bold disposition, attacking larger 

 birds, and expelling them from its haunts. It 

 frequents gardens, building on the twig of an 

 orange-tree or jasmine, and sometimes on the pro- 

 jecting straws of the roof of a cottage ; and if the 

 nest and young be taken into the house, will 

 follow, and rear the young in their state of con* 

 finement. 



V. VIII. p. J. 



