. A dictionary of birds . , and hence one of the species (M. stellarum) is verygenerally called the Humming-bird Hawk-Moth. But thoughconfined to the New World, the Trochilidx pervade almost everypart of it. In the south Eustephanus gakritus has been seen flittingabout the fuchsias of Tierra del Fuego in a snowstorm, and in thenorth-west Selatophorus ^ rufus in summer visits the ribes-blossoms ofSitka, while in the north-east Trochilus colubris charms the vision of. Melhsuga minima on nest, natural size. (Alter Gosse.) Canadians as it poises itself over the althsea-bushes in their gardens,and
. A dictionary of birds . , and hence one of the species (M. stellarum) is verygenerally called the Humming-bird Hawk-Moth. But thoughconfined to the New World, the Trochilidx pervade almost everypart of it. In the south Eustephanus gakritus has been seen flittingabout the fuchsias of Tierra del Fuego in a snowstorm, and in thenorth-west Selatophorus ^ rufus in summer visits the ribes-blossoms ofSitka, while in the north-east Trochilus colubris charms the vision of. Melhsuga minima on nest, natural size. (Alter Gosse.) Canadians as it poises itself over the althsea-bushes in their gardens,and extends its range at least so far as lat. 57° N. Nor is thedistribution of Humming-birds limited to a horizontal directiononly, it rises also vertically. Oreotrochilus chimborazo and on the lofty mountains wdience each takes its trivial name, butjust beneath the line of perpetual snow, at an elevation of some16,000 feet, dwelling in a world of almost constant hail, sleet andrain, and feeding on the insects which resort to the indigenousflowering plants, while other peaks, only inferior to these in height,are no less frequented by one or more sj^ecies. Peru and Boliviaproduce some of the most splendid of the Family—the genera 1 Commonly but in error written Srlasj^Iwrits. HUMMING-BIRD 449 Cometes, Diphlogxna and Thaumastura, whose very names indicatethe glories of their bearers. The comparatively gigantic Patagonainhaltits the west coast o
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