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NATURAL HISTORY. 
“ When morning- dawns, and the blessed sun again 
Lifts his red glories from the eastern main, 
Then through the woodbines, wet with glittering dews, 
The flower-fed Hummingbird his round pursues $ 
Sips with inserted tube the honeyed blooms, 
And chirps his gratitude as round he roams 5 
While richest roses, though in crimson dressed, 
Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast. 
What heavenly tints in mingling radiance fly ! 
Each rapid movement gives a different dye 5 
Like scales of burnish’d gold they dazzling show, 
Now sink to shade — now to a furnace glow !” 
178. It builds its nest on the upper side of a hor- 
izontal branch, and lines it with the finest down. 
The whole nest, which is about an inch in diameter, 
appears like a mossy protuberance. The bird lays 
two eggs, of the size of small peas. 
179. The Bird of Paradise is found in the Mo- 
lucca Islands, and is usually seen upon the wing, at 
Can you describe it in verse ? What is said of its nest and eggs ? 
Where is the Bird of Paradise found 1 
THE BIRD OF PARADISE. 
