FAMILY TKOCHILID^E. HUMMING-BIRDS. 



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FAMILY niCROPODID/E. 



Swifts. 



General plumage, sooty brown, showing a faint greenish tinge on the upper 

 parts; throat, u$hy white; tail feathers, with sharp spines, or points formed 

 by the shafts of the feathers, extending beyond the webs. The Swifts are 

 widely separated geuerieally from the Swallows; but persons unfamiliar with 

 birds might look for them under the same family. 



Chimney Swift. 



Chcctura pelayica. 



See No. 340. 



FAMILY TROCHILID/E. 



Humming=birds. 



Smallest of Birds. Wing less than 1.75 inches long 



(carpus to tip). 



.: , 1 ., ,v 



Throat, ruby red; bai-k, golden green 

 (male) ; no n-d on throat (female 

 and young male). 



Ruby=throated Humming=bird. 

 Trochilus Colubris. 



See No. 341. 



