Ses habits. — Its plumage

6. On le voit a peine toucher le gazon par instants. — It is seen to light upon the turf for scarcely an instar, t at a time.

7. Que se trouvent toutes les espèces d'oiseaux-mouches. — That ail the species of humming birds are found.

8. Que rendent les couleurs de ces brillants oiseaux. — "Which the colors of thèse brillant birds émit.

9. Sont au-dessous de la grande mouche asile pour la grandeur, et du bourdon pour la grosseur. — Are not so long as the large horse-fiy, nor so big as the humble-bee. Grandeur refers more particularly to the length and breadth, and grosseur to the circumference. *

10. A peine aperçoit-on leurs pieds, tant ils sont courts et menus. — Scarcely can their feet be' seen, so short and small are they. The transposition after à peine is similar to that mentioned in the Grammar, p. 256^ § 6.

11. Se laissent emporter dans les airs. — Let themselves be borne along through the air.

12. Non seulement immobile, mais tout a fait sans action. — This is more easily explained than translated. Immobile implies that the bird did not move from place to place, did not continue his flight, while sans action

refers to motion of any kind. It might perhaps be translatée! not only stationary, but entirely motionless.

13. Les flattant de ses ailes. — Caressing them with its wings.

14. Les becqueter â coups redoublés. — Peck at them repeatedly .