FAMILY TROCIlILlDvE. HUMMING-BIRDS. 



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FAMILY niCROPODID/E. 

 Swifts. 



General plumage, sooty brown, showiiii^ :i faint greenish tinu:e on llit; upper 

 parts; throat, ashy white; tail feathers, with sharp spines, or points formed 

 hy tlie shafts of the feathers, exteniling beyond tlie \vel>>. Tlie Swifts are 

 widely separated geuerically from the Swallows; but persons unfamiiiai- witli 

 birds might look for them under tlie same family. 



Chimney Swift. 



Chcvtura pckt'jica. 



See No. 340. 



FAMILY TROCHILID^. 

 Humming=birds. 



Smallest of Birds. Wing less than 1.75 inches long 



(carpus to tip). 



I'bniat. nil>y n d : t>ai-k, golden green 

 1 nialf ) : ud red on tluoat ( ft-nialr 

 and young male '. 



Ruby-throated llumniing bird 

 Tnn'h ilus Col uhris . 



Set" No. :M1. 



