HUiWING BIRD. 
of Humming bird has been given them in 
almost every language. Waterton’s de- 
scription of the appearance of the Hum- 
ming bird in the sun is very beautiful. 
“Though least in size, the glittering 
mantle of the Humming bird entitles it 
to the first place in the list of the birds 
of the New World. See it darting through 
the air almost as quick as thought ! now 
it is within a yard of your face — in an in- 
stant gone — now it flutters from flower to 
flower to sip the silver dew — it is now a 
ruby — now a topaz — now an emerald — 
now all burnished gold.” 
