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ludovicianu s. being of about the same size and of a rich 
brownish fulvous beneath. 
Hummingbirds were even more numerous in this 
garden than at Dominica yesterday. I had abundant oppor¬ 
tunities to watch them for they were perfectly fearless and 
it was only necessary to stand still for a moment near one 
of the innumerable flowering shrubs to see from two to 
three to half-a-dozen within arm’s length. Bellona exilis 
was by far the most abundant of the three species and I 
thought it the most beautiful, also, until I got my first 
really good view of an Eulampis jugular is which poised in 
front of a flower within a yard or two of my face. Its 
wings beat so slowly that there was no blur but each 
stroke could be easily followed. Whichever way the creature 
turned, it fairly blazed in the sunlight like a great gem, 
and as I watched it I quickly came to the conclusion that 
it was the most beautiful bird that I have ever seen. 
Bellona . however, is in certain ways the more 
interesting of the two, partly because of its more animated 
movements and partly because of its superb crest which it 
displays to wonderful advantage, raising and depressing it 
a dozen times a minute. 
