. Cassell's book of birds . short time after sunset. The nest, represented inour woodcut, is deeply cup-shaped, the walls exceedingly thin, and the whole structure composedapparently of fragments of a species of fungus, very much resembling German tinder, bound togetherby cobwebs or some similar material. The two white eggs are about fi%e-eighths of an inch inlength. 56 CASSELLS BOOK OF lilRDS. THE BLACK-CAPPED liUMMING Black-capped Humming Bird {Ait/iunis polytvius) has a short, shghtly-forked tail, the twoouter feathers of which are prolonged six inches beyond the rest. The male has
. Cassell's book of birds . short time after sunset. The nest, represented inour woodcut, is deeply cup-shaped, the walls exceedingly thin, and the whole structure composedapparently of fragments of a species of fungus, very much resembling German tinder, bound togetherby cobwebs or some similar material. The two white eggs are about fi%e-eighths of an inch inlength. 56 CASSELLS BOOK OF lilRDS. THE BLACK-CAPPED liUMMING Black-capped Humming Bird {Ait/iunis polytvius) has a short, shghtly-forked tail, the twoouter feathers of which are prolonged six inches beyond the rest. The male has a long tuft overeach ear, and is velvety black on the crown of the head ; the mantle is green ; the under side glossyemerald-green, shading into blueish black on the belly and tail-covers ; the quills are purplish black ;the tail-feathers deep black, with a greenish shade towards the roots ; the eye is deep brown, the Leakbright red, tipped with black, and the foot brown ; the male is ten inches long, and broad ; his. THE CRIMSON TOPAZ HUMMING BIRD {Topaza pela). wing measures two inches and three-quarters, and his tail seven inches and a quarter. The female,whose length does not exceed four inches and a half, with wngs two inches and a quarter, and the tailone inch and seven-eighths long, is of a copper-green on the mantle, and white beneath; her sidesare spotted with green. This Humming Bird, says Mr. Gosse, is the gem of Jamaican ornithology. Its slenderform, velvet crest, emerald bosom, and lengthened tail-plumes render it one of the most elegantmembers of its truly brilliant family. It is a permanent resident in Jamaica, and is not uncommonlyseen at all seasons and in all situations. It loves to frequent the margins of roadsides, where it sucksthe blossoms of the trees, occasionally descending, however, to the lower shrubs : and is abundant onthe summits of the range of mountains known as the Bluefield Ridge. Behind these peaks, which THE SEARCHERS. 57 are visible fr
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