FAMILY TROCHILIDA.. — HUMMING-BIRDS. 199 
FAMILY MICROPODID-E. 
Switts. 
General plumage, sooty brown, showing a faint greenish tinge on the upper 
parts; throat, ashy white; tail feathers, with sharp spines, or points formed 
by the shafts of the feathers, extending beyond the webs. ‘The Swifts are 
widely separated generically from the Swallows; but persons unfamiliar with 
birds might look for them under the same family. 
Chimney Swift. 
Chetura pelagica. 
See No. 340. 
FAMILY TROCHILIDE. 
Humming=birds. 
Smallest of Birds. Wing less than 1.75 inches long 
(carpus to tip). 
Throat, ruby red: back, golden green 
Ligtys Veer (male): no red on throat (female 
TT 
ae Y and young male). 
Ruby-throated Humming=bird. 
Trochilus Colubris. 
See No. 34l. 
