62 Of Birds. Part I. 
Of which colour are the reft of the Feathers , and no 
where radiant, as of the other Species. His Thigh, £ inch 
long. His Leg, K On which are four Toes, above k of 
an inch long, and thick as a Taylors Stitching-Thread. His 
Claws near * of an inch long. 
The LefTer HUMING BIRD. His Head is loft. From 
the top of his Breaft, to the end of his Tail he is two inches 
long. But his Trunk or Body alone, is not above * of an 
inch in length. The other Parts are anfwerable. His 
colour various : on his Wings and Tail, a dark-brown $ 
on his Belly, a yellowifti-Red $ on his Breaft, White 5 on 
his Back, Green, mixed with glorious golden Rays. 
The Huming-Bird is every where ill pic~tur'd : even in 
Mr. Willughby , for want of the Bird it felf. But all 
thofe Birds, at leaft, whereof he had the fight, are moft 
. curioufty and exactly reprefented. He is faid to have a 
loud, or Ihrill and fweet Note, emulous of that of a Night- 
(a) Theve- ingak. (a) He moves his Wings fwiftly and continually, 
Lin{?hct US & whether flying, or fitting on a Flower, (b) He feeds, by 
i.2.p.2 4p. thrufting his Bill into a Flower, like a Bee. (c) For which 
Baib is Hili P ur P°^ e J 0 ^' ^ e Laet, defcribing this Bird, (whether out of 
(c) ibid. Oviedus or Lerius is not plain) faith, That his Tongue is 
twice as long as his Bill. Which Clufius hath omitted 5 
becaufe he took his Defcription from the Picture only. 
Gulielmus Pifo obferveth alfo the fame. And it is very likely 
to be fo, as a Part more apt, by its length, and flexibility, 
to thruft and wind it felf to the bottoms of the deepeft, 
and moft crooked Flowers : in which, and not the upper 
and open parts of Flowers , it is , that the Honey-Pen? 
which thefe Birds, as well as Bees, do^fuck, is ufually 
lodg'd. ^ (S^^jls-^dz^ 
His Feathers are fet in Gold bv ffcgta^pBfe and fold 
(d) charit. at a great rate. (d) The Indians make of them very arti- 
00 wSf & cn \ Images, (e) They take them by mazing them with 
Orn. Sand fhot at them out of a Gun. (/) 
l/Barb. Hlft ' ^/o relates, (g) as a thing known to himfelf, and many 
eg) Hift. N. curious and credible men with him in Brafde, That there 
lib. 5. arc tnere a f ort bQxfa 0 f Caterpillars and of Butterfly s.whkh 
are transformed into this Bird: and that in the time of 
Transformation, there is plainly to be feen half a Cater- 
pillar or half a Butterfly, and half a Bird, both together. 
Yet 
