33U HUMMINGBIRDS. 



HUMMINGBIRDS. 



Small birds with wings similar to last, 

 but differ in having an awl-like bill. Nests 

 made of fine material covered with lichens; 

 eggs, 2, white. Young, naked and help- 

 less. Flight, swift and darting; wing-beats 

 exceedingly rapid. Food, sweet nectar of 

 flowers and insects. Found only in America. 



359. RUBY-THROATED HUMMING- 

 BIRD. 



Small, 3.50; tail forked in male, rounded 

 in female; green above, white below, male 

 with throat metalic ruby; female with tail 

 white tipped, fig. 265. Breeds throughout 

 eastern N. A. from Labrador to Fla. Winters 

 from Fla. to Mex. Has a weak chirping cry. 



KINGFISHERS. 



Of varying sizes. Bills and wings, long; 

 tails, short; feet, small. Food, usually fishes. 



360. BELTED KINGFISHER. 



12. head crested; bluish above, white 

 beneath; male with a single band of bluish 



