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The hummingbird

Of all animated beings, this is the most elegant in form and most brilliant in colors. The stones and metals polished by our arts are not comparable to this jewel of the nature. She has placed it the least in size the order of birds - “maximal _______ in minimus”. Her masterpiece is this little hummingbird and upon it she has heaped all the gifts with which the other birds may only share. Lightness, rapidity, nimbleness, grace, and rich apparel all belong to this little favorite. The emerald, the ruby, and the topaz lean upon its dress. It never soils them with dusts of the earth and in its areal life scarcely touches the turf in an instant. Always in the air, flying from flower to flower; it has their freshness as well as their brightness. It lives upon their nectar and dwells only in the climates where there are perennial blooms.