Hummingbirds 



427, Blue-throated Hummingbird {CwUgena clem- 

 tncit^). ,L. 5.3. Awhitesfn;^* behind, and a smaller 

 one before eye. Ad. (^. Throat blue; belly grayish; 

 back green; tail blue-black, outer feathers broadly 

 white tipped. Ad. 9- Similar but throat dusky gray, 



Range. — Southern Mexico north. In mountnin? (o uiountains of 

 southwesterr New Mexico and snuthern Arizona; winters irnith of 

 United State;, 



438. Reiffep Hummingbird {Ama{ilis t^acatl). L. 

 4.1. Ads. Above, throat and hreast shining green; 

 belly ^/lyijfi; tail square, rusty brown, harrotely mar- 

 gined with coppery. Yng. Similar but more rusty 

 above. 



Rang*.— Northern South America; north, rarely, to Lower Rio 

 Grande Valley, Texas. 



439. Buff-bellied Hummingbird [Amajilis cerrini- 

 ventns chalconota). Similar to No. 438, but'belly rusty 

 gray, tail forked and broadly margined with coppery 

 green. 



Rarg^e.— Central America, north. In spttng, to Lower Rio Grande 

 Vauey, Texas. 



440.1. White-eared Hummingbird (Basilmna hu- 

 coUs). L. 3.7. A white line behind eye. Ad. c^. 

 Chin, forehead and cheeks blun, throat and brea5t 

 green, tail blackish bronzy green. Ad. $• Crown 

 rusty, back bronzy green, below gray sported with 

 green; outer tail-feathers tipped with gray. Yng. J'. 

 Similar. 



Range.— Nicaraugua north. In spring, through mountains to south- 

 ern Arizona, 



441. Bpoad-billcd Hummingbird (laeU latirostris). 

 L. 4- Ad. (^. Above green; below darker; throat 

 purplish blue; tail darker. Ad. ^. Below gray; outer 

 tail-feathers green at base, then bluish black tipped 

 with gray. Yng, c?- Similar to Ad. 9, but tail blue 

 black with faint gray tips; throat with metallic green 

 feathers. 



l^ange. — Southern Mexico; breeds north tkrougb piountalns tO 

 SOUiheiTi Atliotia and southwestern New Mexico. 



428. Ruby-throated Hummingbird {Trochilus col- 

 ubris). L, j.g; W. 1.5. Ad. c^. Throat ruby, chin 

 blackish ; tail forked, the feathers pointed. Ad. ?. 

 Throat grayishj tail-feathers rounded, three outer ones 

 tipped with white. Yng. (^. Like ^ but throat with 

 dusky spots. (See next page ) 



Range.— Eastern North America, w<tst to about Long, loo* ; breefls 

 from Florida and eastern Mexico, north to Labrador and Hudson Bay 

 regloni winters from southern Florida to Central America. 



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