Scientific Name: Draco Murmurare
Name: Humming dragon
Habitat: Free ranging throughout the world, though most often
encountered in quiet rural areas.
General Description
Though Humming dragons were once thought to be quite rare, it is now believed that they are actually rather abundant, and that their shy and retiring manner is responsible for their apparent scarcity. They are rather small and nondescript as dragons go, save for the carefree melodies they frequently hum. Their voices are soft and easily drowned out by wind or waterfall or noisy human activity, and must be listened for earnestly if they are to be heard in any but the most quiet of times. While the tunes and descants of murmurare are most often original (perhaps accounting for the tales of inexplicable inspiration told by human composers), the dragons are not averse to mellifluously rendering melodies which long have been assigned to human origin (perhaps the source of those songs which seem to pop unbidden into the minds of even non-composers). When two such dragons encounter each other in their daily wanderings, they seem disposed to hum in beautiful close harmony, and there are in fact reports that an occasional group of four will form, and that this dragon counterpart of a barbershop quartet will hum in concert until the last rich reds and violets of twilight are finally covered by the star- flecked blanket of night.