Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 111
y adopted by birds of this family, andhas been likened to that of a butterfly. \\henhovering over a flower, it flaps,^s wings withslow and powerful movements. Humming-birds are not timid, ; imonlysupposed. On the contrary, the^ . fearlessand decidedly inquisitive. One will approach ahuman being so… … A HUMMI\r,-P!IKI) S NEST ATTACHEDTO A IALM-I.EAF. THE BUFF-TAILED VELVET-BREASTOF THE COLOMBIAN ANDES. NEST OF THE BLACK-CHINNEDHUMMING-BIRD. If you will quietly watch one of these tiny birdssome bright morning, you will see it pause in theair for an instant, then turn and dart away.There is no…
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