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NATURAL HISTORY 
HUMMING BIRD. 
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The Humming Bird is the least of all the 
feathered tribe. Of this charming little ani- 
mal, there are six or seven varieties, from 
the size of a small wren, down to that of an 
humble bee. A person could never have 
supposed a bird existing so very small, and 
yet completely furnished with a beak, fea- 
thers, and intestines, exactly resembling 
those of the largest kind. A bird not larger 
than the end of one’s little finger, would pro- 
bably be supposed but a creature of imagina- 
tion, were it not seen in infinite numbers, sport- 
ing in the fields, from flower to flower, and 
extracting tire sweets with its slender bill* 
They lay two eggs, about the size of small 
peas, very white, with yellow spots. 
