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" Though least in size, the glittering mantle of the humming-bird entitles it to the first place in the list of the birds of the new world. It may truly be called the bird of Paradise ; and had it existed in the old world, it would have claimed the title,... "
The Boy's Own Natural History - Page 28
by John George Wood - 1882 - 64 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 33

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 pages
...to have been called, instead of that in the old world, the bird of paradise. ' See it,' says he, ' darting through the air almost as quick as thought...— now it is within a yard of your face! — in an mstant gone ! — now it flutters from flower to flower to sip the silver dew — it is now a ruby...
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Mary Gray: A Tale for Little Girls

Anne Knight - 1831 - 164 pages
...peacock in the sun, can never look with pleasure on these mutilated forms. The humming-bird may truly be called the Bird of Paradise ; and, had it existed in the old world, it would doubtless have claimed that title instead of the bird which has now the honour to bear it. See it darting...
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Depping's Evening Entertainments: Compromising Delineations of the Manners ...

Georges-Bernard Depping - 1833 - 282 pages
...places the humming-birds, which are the same in Demerara and Cayenne. " It," says he, " may truly be called the bird of paradise ; and had it existed in...would have claimed the title instead of the bird which now has the honour to bear it : — see it starting through the air almost as quick as thought ! —...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 7

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 698 pages
...and " almost," has also this observation, quoted in. our V. 475. : — " See it [the humming-bird] darting through the air almost as quick as thought...flutters from flower to flower, to sip the silver dew," &c. From these expressions, we may learn that, while Mr. Waterton has taught that the liuniniing-birds...
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Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1836 - 362 pages
...list of the birds of the new world. It may truly be called the bird of paradise; and had it SECOND existed in the old world, it would have claimed —...instead of the bird which has now the honour to bear it:—see it darting through the air almost as quick as thought!—now it is within a yard of your...
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Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1839 - 322 pages
...humming-bird entitles it to the first place in the list of the birds of the new world. It may truly be called the bird of paradise; and had it existed in the old SECOND world, it would have claimed the title instead of the ~U""LY bird which has now the honour to...
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Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1844 - 490 pages
...humming-bird entitles it to the first place in the list of the birds of the new world. It may truly be called the bird of Paradise ; and had it existed in...now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip the silverdew — it is now a ruby — now a topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold ! Cayenne...
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The Illustrated Natural History

John George Wood - 1855 - 478 pages
...TROCHILUS.— (Gr. ' entitles it to the first place in the list of the birds of the New World. It may truly be called the Bird of Paradise; and had it existed in...almost as quick as thought ! now it is within a yard of yonr face — in an instant gone — now it flutters from flower to flower to sip the silver dew —...
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The Church of England quarterly review

1856 - 526 pages
...Humming Bird entitles it to the first place on the list of birds of the new world. It may truly be called the Bird of Paradise ; and had it existed in...bear it. See it darting through the air, almost as quickly as thought 1 Now it is within a yard of your face ! — in an instant gone ! Now it flutters...
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Humming Birds, Described and Illustrated

Henry Gardiner Adams - 1856 - 108 pages
...Humming Bird entitles it to the first place in the list of birds of the new world. It may truly be called the Bird of Paradise; and, had it existed in...bear it. See it darting through the air almost as quickly as thought! Now it is within a yard of your face!— in an instant gone! Now it flutters from...
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