138 MACROCHIRES: Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds 



TROCHILID^E (Family Hummingbirds): Includes not only 

 the smallest of birds, but many bright-colored and extravagantly 

 ornamented. Mostly tropical. Thirteen species are recorded 

 within our limits, several as rarities only. 



RIVOLI HUMMINGBIRD 



(426. Eugenes fulgens) 4| in. 



Male: Bronzy dark green above, with crown metallic purple; 

 gorget metallic emerald-green, 'otherwise under parts dusky 

 greenish almost black. 



Female: Above, like male except gray-brown crown; below, 

 wholly pale grayish brown; a small white spot behind eye; outer 

 tail-feathers whitish-tipped. 



In flight males appear blackish, without light markings of any 

 kind. 



BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD 



(427. Cyanolaemus clemenciae) 5 in. 



Male: Dull green above; gray below; gorget pale blue, small; 

 tail long and broad, outer feathers heavily white-tipped. 



Female: Like male but throat dusky gray. 



Largest of our Hummers. Easily identified by size, relatively 

 long tail, and light color as compared with the Rivoli, the only 

 other large Hummingbird of our region. 



BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD 



(432. Selasphorus platycercus) 4 in. 



Male: Wholly bright green above; gorget rose-purple; below 

 white, extending to tail, with sides green- washed ; middle pair 

 of tail-feathers broad and pointed; next two pairs edged with 

 bright rufous; tail dusky below, nearly square cut. 



Female: Above, like male; dull grayish below, throat feathers 

 darker centrally; tail strongly white-tipped, much rufous at base 

 (rarely visible). 



A cicada-like rattle betrays presence of male in flight; not 

 heard in poising. 



