WOODLAND BIRDS. 29 



No. 29. RUBY THROATED HUMMING BIRD. 



Family: Trochilidae. Genus: Trochilus. 



Species: T. colubris. 



Distribution : 



A summer resident of all New England, breeding commonly 

 and locally in Connecticut and Rhode Island. 



Date of Arrival: 



Middle of May. 



Date of Departure: 

 Late September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts green, tinted with golden, wings purplish brown; 

 under parts white. Male, flanks green, metalUc ruby-red 

 throat, white bordered. Female with ruby lacking. Bill and 

 feet black. Length about 3.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A simple insect-like chirp. 



Haunts: 



The garden, orchard and often wooded regions. 



