...seen the female sitting quietly on a hranch, and two males displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding...round gradually to show off both back and front. The effect was heightened by the wings being invisible from a distance of a few yards, both from their...

...have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males ' displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up ' like a rocket, then suddenly...descend in front of her, turning ' round gradually to shew off back and front Tho ' expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the ' bird,...

...seen the female sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding...parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning around gradually to show off l>otli back and front. The effect was heightened hy the wings being invisible...

...seen the female sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding...parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning around gradually to show off both back and front. The effect was heightened by the wings being invisible...

...displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expand iug the snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning around gradually to show off both back and front. The effect was heightened by the wings being invisible...

...probable that the wonderfully varied decorations of humming-birds, whether burnished breast - shields, resplendent tail, crested head, or glittering back,...descending the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded. 1 Food The food of humming-birds has been a matter of much controversy. All the early writers,...

..."I have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding...descend in front of her, turning round gradually to shew off back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the...

...tail, like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to shew off back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature in the performance. Whilst one male was descending, the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded....

...Florisuga, mellivora sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of her. ' One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature in the performance.' 3 See Wallace, ' Darwinism,' p. 285. 4 Darwin, ' The Descent of Man,' vol. i....

...have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males " displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up " like a rocket, then suddenly...descend in front of her, turning ' round gradually to shew off hack and front The " expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the " bird,...