RIEFFER'S HUMMINGBIRD 



FIG. 28. Saucerottia edward 

 (Nat. Size) 



trees near the shore on Taboguilla and other 

 islands in Panama Bay early in March, 1926. 



ii. Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl (De la Llave) 

 Rieffer's Hummingbird 



Length 96 mm. (3. 80 in.); tail 33 mm. (1.20 in.). 



Male. Above metallic bronze green with 

 practically the whole of the upper tail coverts 

 and tail chestnut brown; cheeks, chin, throat, 

 chest, and sides of breast brilliant metallic 

 emerald green; abdomen and middle of breast 

 brownish gray. 



Female. Similar to male. Green of under- 

 parts not so brilliant. 



Bill black, stout, long, and slightly curved. 

 Tail slightly double rounded in both sexes. 



A very common and widely distributed species, 

 found about the borders of thickets and often 

 seen near human habitations. Its generally 

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