SMALLEST 
HUMMING 
the tall are also whke. The legs and feet are 
black. All this tribe cf birds have a verv 
fine lube, or pipe, which they can extend 
out cf their mouths bevond the point of the 
bill ; these tubes seem to part in two very 
small ones, at their extremities. ^\'ith diis 
pipe, they suck the juices out of flowers." 
Baifbn savs, it is smaller than some of our 
flies: ail the upper side of tiie head and bodv 
being of a gold green, changing brown, with 
reddish reflexions ; and all the under sides of a 
white grey. The feathers of the wings are 
brown, inclining to violet. In the female, 
the colours are not so bright ; she is also 
smaller than the male. The bill of the Fly 
Bird is equally thick throughout, slightly 
swelled at the tip, compressed horizontallv, 
and straight. This last character, ButFon 
rJds, distinguishes the Fiv Bird from the Co- 
iibri, which most naturalists have confouruied. 
They have all six feathers in the tail. This 
.smallest species is found in Brazil, and the 
Antilles^ Buribn's bird came from Martinico. 
