
OF Re I RD HST 
Guns 26. TROCHILLUS. : 
Tur HUMMING BIRD: 
The beak is in the fhape of an awl, but as fine slinol 
aS a thread; it isa little bent, tubulated, or trumpet- fhaped 
a atthe end, longer than the head, and the upper mandible 
: 
4 heads, 
_theathes the lower. 
: The tongue is thread. leas saloons with two ies : 
threads, but divided at the point, __ 
The feet formed for hopping or walking, 
There are ten feathers i in n the tail. | 
AHE Basia Bird is the fmalleft of “It 
birds. ‘There are feveral kinds, from near 
Aly the fize of a Wren to” “the lize. of a Humble 
Bee. 
They only live it in warm countries, in the Eafte a 
_ Indies and in América (where flowers are con- 

~ fantly ¢ growing;) their colours are more beautiful. 
than can well be imagined, and very brilliant or 
_ fhining ; many feem fpangled with gold and pre~ 
‘cious ftones, and fome have little “erelts on aie 
«As foon as the fun rifes the HRracitie Birds di 
different kinds flutter about the flowers, without 
h “txiae upon them; their wings move very quietly, 
ee and are — yin motion. | 
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