Show I aE THE RD m v J r rY Y lr JS THE TINIEST BIRO BIRD Cubas Cuba's minute fairy hummingbird humming humming- bird can easily claim the title the smallest bird in the world While few hummingbirds ever exceed four inches in length this tiny creature is the most diminutive diminutive tive of all It measures scarcely two VO inches weighs less than 1 of an ounce its nest nest nest-a a tiny cup of down down is is seldom more than 3 4 of an inch across and its two pure pure white eggs are no nomore nomore more than V y of an inch long The fairy hummingbird derives its name from the whirring sound of its wings and its minute size land and resplendent multicolored plumage Bright reds greens yellows and often throat or wing and tail ornaments make makeI I these birds gleam like gems in inthe inthe j the sunshine which sunshine which is probably I why Audubon referred to them themI themas I as glittering fragments of the rainbow I Thanks Mrs Peter San Diego Cal 1 I Send in your Jour facts to Where Wherein here in the World care of The Salt I Lake Tribune Telegram Home HomeI Service Bureau Salt Lake City I 10 Utah |