Ti• oc 1 iiIus colubris, 
Oaino (haled bnfe&gog). 
1071, 
’■’ay J0- 
Juno 10, 
Rather common, brooding. 
1072. 
Jun.s ;j~ 
14. 
Quito corn; son. Thoir courtships which wo observed , 
I5p ■ • ■ • most i p. . ft*® mala poi8ing ^ 
about ton foot above tho spot whoro they fomalo is sit¬ 
ting uurts do'i/r at B4\ angle of about 4£» % and pa a"- in— nr, 
Inch or a above her, rises on tho opposite- side t : rns, 
• polsos a moment, and plunges again, ravin.tin.- his Vnrill' 
chirp ineosstu:11 y. This is hopt op Tor a minute or 
■ : ° iv ’ r ! >b : ; : * : ■ fs >fi % or i t 1 ?! tl,> oi s«9 
twig iif>ar his mu to . 
1074. 
Hug, 5, 
Shot a young bird lull fall plumage. It sitting / 
oti tho toj> of a high s ,rtico and leapt up ar. incessant' 
saril! -Sooo.fi, a no bo which t Have never heard tho bird 
uttor bofora. 
“ 21, 
Thoy have become Tory a bun da?-1 ri h in a fov; days. 
« 04, 
Quo poised for a non-op t v/i thin a few incho* of a 
Si00Vi* ol a br.i:-; a ?,-*•; .‘.'■■rod card * y;r.ti Jnokot, which r .'r.e . 
v/©p,ring, ovidoi t.ly i&kiis hi. gar : r a : a.-ik, of 
0 ,- t..ti:mt flov/ora. This a as h ipponod to no one©- before 
i ocobi i»ly » £»« n-'-'ithor case did tho bird ■ -v ■ to d iscovnr 
its ; tako until £ moved slightly and fr.i tr mod it. 
l:.7€. 
’ ay 02. 
^ 7p.nada plan troos in the gardor are in full 
bloom nn<! thoir s,iowy mass of blossoms so or-© to have 
attracted 11 tho hummingbirds of this region. A por- 
;foct- sv/ano of the", was culloc tod fi r*o to-day^ rooi tha ; / 
■*- e t.ii* --P.p to;-:ot.-ior bofioro. f>i- • w nil but vr-ry full— 
blossonod troo noamod especially favored and there must 
ha/o boo, a, loss - twenty : 'urn*' inri* rds about it at orco 
" ; ■ ; - ’' - • r#dn«lrt| tv: a\®re;,art hp^aa,-:* 
like ^ tnat of a. swarm of boos They vara vary, tamo nor- 
lit,ting . o to approach v.ithin five or six foot" £ 
think they spent the night in this articular‘tr o for 
upoo visiting it .after it had become nearly dark t .-do 
>rch®d oi tho no p , ■ . m 
' 1 -• ; .s . u,otiy outl-ui-d ago. i.r,st t ?o sjty.fi 
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