
OF BIRDS ne. 
z fugar. They flew into and out of the chamber 
“when they wifhed, but they were always a attentive 
_ to the gentleman’ s voice, and came whenever he. 
called them. ted. 
One night, unfortunately, he forgot to bing 
up their cage, and the rats came and devoured 
them. It was a great pity that the gentleman 
: fhould have been fo catelefs. It is very thoughtlefs 
to catch birds,and to imptifon them ina little cage, 
and to prevent them from flying about as they like 
inthe open air, and from hopping about from 
bough to bough, and from finging to one ano-— 
_ ther, and from enjoying themfelves: but to put 
: _ them firft into fo fmall a prifon as a little cage, 
where they have no room to fly, and can only get 
. What we give them, and cannot efcape from cats 
OF rats, that would hurt them, and then to neglect © 
them, is very cruel indeed, . 
| The Indians frequently dry Humming Birds, 
and wear them as ornaments. The Peruvians 
make curious pitures of their feathers. 
Humming Birds have great courage; they 
_will frequently attack birds twenty times as large 
_ as themfelves, and letting themfelves be carried 
along by them as they fly, ftill continue to wie 
them. 
There 
