. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. SUCEIEES. 497 that of the Anjiumbi is fifteen inches in diameter by twenty inches in height. The SucRiERS (Cinnyridce) are American birds, so called from their attachment to saccharine substances. They feed on honey they extract from flowers, and the sap from the sugar-cane, the juice of which they suck through crevices in the stem. Like the Humming-birds, they have the tongue divided into two parts, by which they are enabled to seize insect
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. SUCEIEES. 497 that of the Anjiumbi is fifteen inches in diameter by twenty inches in height. The SucRiERS (Cinnyridce) are American birds, so called from their attachment to saccharine substances. They feed on honey they extract from flowers, and the sap from the sugar-cane, the juice of which they suck through crevices in the stem. Like the Humming-birds, they have the tongue divided into two parts, by which they are enabled to seize insects, which form a. Fif;. 210.—Sun-bjrda [Cert/ua ^ Linn.). part of their food. They are small in size, nnd their plumage is brilliantly coloured. Among the Cinnyridce we find the Gluts-guits, ingenious little creatures which construct a nest in the form of a horn, which is suspended from the flexible branches of a shrub : in order to protect their young from the attacks of earwigs, the opening is below. The Soui-MANGAS (Fig. 210) have the same partiality for KK. 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 Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker. New York : D. Appleton
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