Captain Cook: Hummingbird nest

For the second installment in my series on London sites and objects relating to the great naval explorer Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779), I direct your attention back to the British Museum‘s Enlightenment Wing, where you will find a tiny hummingbird nest measuring about 45mm in diameter. This nest, believed to belong to the glittering-bellied emerald hummingbird, is significant as one of the few remaining zoological […]