10 ODD FAMILIES 



What Hummingbirds lack in size, they try to make up in 

 number. There are nearly five hundred species, and they are 

 found only in the New World. They are thoroughly tropical, 

 but in warm weather, and the season of flowers, they migrate 

 as far north as Alaska, and as far south as Patagonia. Our 

 country makes an acceptable summer home for about sixteen 

 species. 



The Ruby-Throat is the only one inhabiting the eastern 

 half of the United States, all the others being found west of 

 Arkansas and the Rocky Mountains. 



