Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 



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Family MICROPODI D^. Swifts. 



Bill, small and weak; mouth, large; feet, small; tail feathers, 

 with sharp spines extending beyond the tips. 



General plumage, sooty brown, sliowing a faint greenish tinge on 

 the upper parts; throat, ashy white; tail feathers, with sharp spines, 

 or points formed by the shafts of the feathers, extending beyond the 

 webs. The Swifts are widely separated generically from the Swallows; 

 but persons unfamihar with birds might look for them under the same 

 family. ChcBtura pelagica. 



Chimney Swift. 

 See No. 201. 



Family TROCHILID.^. Hummingbirds. 



Smallest of Birds. Wing less than 1.75 inches long (carpus to tip). 



^■^-te^ 



ii>^ ;? 



Throat, ruby red; back, golden green (male); no red on throat 

 (female and young male). Trochilus colubris. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

 See No. 202. 



