2. But, you ask, why are they called
humming birds? It is because they
make a soft, humming noise by the
rapid motion of their wings-a
motion so rapid, that as they fly, you
can hardly see that they have wings.
One day when walking in the woods
found the nest of one of the smalles
humming birds. It was about half the
size of a very small hen and lays egg
and it was attached to a twig no
thicker than a steel knitting needle. I
seemed to have been made of
cotton fibres and was covered with
the softest bits of leaf and bark. It
had two eggs in it, and each was
about as large as a small sugarplum.
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The most beautiful humming birds are found in the West Indies and South America. The crest of the tiny head of one of these shines like a sparkling crown of coloured light. The shades of colour that adorn its breast are equally brilliant. As the bird flits from one object to another, it looks more like a bright flash of sunlight than it does like a living being.
2 But, you ask, why are they called humming birds? It is because they make a soft, humming noise by the rapid motion of their wings—a motion so rapid, that as they fly, you can hardly see that they have wings. One day when walking in the woods, I found the nest of one of the smallest humming birds. It was about half the size of a very small hen and lays egg, and it was attached to a twig no thicker than a steel knitting needle. It seemed to have been made of cotton fibres and was covered with the softest bits of leaf and bark. It had two eggs in it, and each was about as large as a small sugarplum.