. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. My Humming Birds and hotv I obtained them. 151 are still, by far the most lively. Eulampis holosericeus appears to be, in captivity at least, rather a sluggish creature ; too fond, when not actually engaged in fighting, of sitting for hours on the same favourite twig. But one forgot the sea-voyage, with all its miseries, when watching the Garnets and their marvellous flight, their evolu- tions in space, backwards, forwards, sideways, all occupied by that loud whirring noise which reminds me always of a miniature aero- plane. At first their activit
. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. My Humming Birds and hotv I obtained them. 151 are still, by far the most lively. Eulampis holosericeus appears to be, in captivity at least, rather a sluggish creature ; too fond, when not actually engaged in fighting, of sitting for hours on the same favourite twig. But one forgot the sea-voyage, with all its miseries, when watching the Garnets and their marvellous flight, their evolu- tions in space, backwards, forwards, sideways, all occupied by that loud whirring noise which reminds me always of a miniature aero- plane. At first their activity seemed confined to the early morning. Bellona exilis. hours or late afternoons, when they were incessantly on the wing, circling round and round or hovering perfectly still in mid-air, suspended, as it were, by some invisible thread; but the periods of intensified energy gradually lengthened out, and now, except for a short spell towards noon, they all but live in the air. No doubt in their own land the tremendous mid-day heat enforces a protracted rest, and the natural instinct to seek repose until the hours of twilight needed those many months to adapt themselves to modified conditions. To encourage hovering, I soon discarded all tin feeders for open glass ones. All very healthy Humming Birds prefer to take their food in this manner, buzzing over the little pot that contains. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Avicultural Society. [Ascot, Berkshire, etc. : Avicultural Society, etc. ]
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