A fabulous Oriental bird which never alights, but is always on the wing. It is said that every head which it overshadows will wear a crown (Richardson). The spléndid littlebird suspended over the throne of Tippoo Saib at Seringapatam represented this poeticalfancy.
In the first chapter of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table a certain popular lecturer is made to describe himself. in allusion to his many wanderings, to this bird: “Yes, I am like the Huma, the birdthatnever lights; being always in the cars, as the Huma is always on the wing.”
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