FAMILY TUOCIIILIDyK. HI MMINO-HIRDS. 



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FAMILY niCROPODID^. 

 Swifts. 



General plumage, sooty brown, showiug a faint greenish liiige on ihe upper 



parts; throat, ashy wliite ; tail feathers, with sharp spines, or points formed 



by the shafts of the featliers, extendino; beyond tiie webs. The Swifts are 



widely separated geuerically from the Swallows; but persons unfamiliar with 



birds might look for them under the same family. 



Chimney Swift. 



ChiCliira pdaijica. 



See Xo. 340. 



FAMILY TROCHILID/E. 

 Humming=birds. 



Smallest of Birds. Wing less than 1.75 inches long 



(carpus to tip). 



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Throat, ruby red; back, golden green 

 (male); no red on throat (female 

 and young male). 



Ruby-throated Humming-bird. 



Trochihtx C(>lnhi-i». 



See Xo. :{41. 



