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Suborder TROCHILI. Hummingbirds. 



Family TROCHiLiD.y,. Hummingbirds. 



Genus TROCHILUS Linn.eus. 



Subgenus Trochilus. 



■~'160. Trochilus colubris Linn. Rubv-throated Hummingbird. 



This beautiful little bird, the only species of its family found within our limits, 

 is a common summer resident throughout the State, where it breeds abundantly. 

 They arrive from the South in early May. Occasionally they appear before our 

 latest "cold snap," and when such is the case great numbers of them perish. I had 

 several brought to me dead one morning after a freeze in early May, and was told 

 of several others which had been seen. 



Order PASSERES. Perching Birds. 



Suborder CLAMATORES. Sonqless Perching Birds. 



Family TYRANNID.E. Tyrant Fly-catchers. 



Genus TYRANNUS Cuvier. 



Kingbird. 



'161. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.). Kingbird. 



An abundant summer resident. Breeds. Well known to most persons under 

 the names, " Bee-bird" and "Bee-martin." They are very destructive to bees, and 

 persons engaged in bee culture wage a relentless warfare against these birds. While 

 an occasional one may e.xhibit in an unusual degree its liking for bees, we may all, 

 I think, agree with Dr. Cones when he says "it destroys a thousand noxious insects 

 for every bee it eats." 



