FAMILY TUOCHIUDiE. HUMMING-BIRDS. 



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FAMILY niCROPODID/E. 

 5wifts. 



General plumage, sooty brown, showing a faint greenish tinge on tlie nppei- 

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

 by tlie shafts of the featliei-s. extending beyond the weljs. The Swifts are 

 widely separated geuorically from the Swallows; ))ut persons unfamiliar with 

 birds might look for them under the same family. 



Chimney Swift. 

 - Chmtura pelaijica. 



See No. 310. 



FAMILY TROCHILID/E. 

 Humming=birds. 



Smallest of Birds. Wing less than 1.75 inches long 



(carpus to tip). 



'I'liroat, rnhy red; l>ael<, golden green 

 '•i^ ^ ''i4 .S\ (male); no ml on tliroat (female 



and young male). 



Ruby-throated liumming=bird. 



TrocJiilna Cnhihris. 



See No. 841. 



