ANNA HUMMING-BIRD. 189 



line slightly decurvate, the tip forming a very slender point. Nostrils 

 basal, linear. 



Head of ordinary size, oblong; neck short; body slender. Feet very 

 small; tarsus extremely short, rather stout, feathered more than half-way 

 down; toes small, the lateral equal, the middle toe not much longer, the hind 

 toe a little shorter than the lateral; anterior toes united at the base; claws 

 rather long, stout, arched, compressed, laterally grooved, very acute. 



Plumage soft and blended; feathers on the upper part of the head, cheeks, 

 and throat, oblongo-obovate, with their filaments toward the end thickened 

 and flattened, with metallic gloss, those on the sides of the neck more 

 elongated. Wings rather long, extremely narrow, somewhat falcate; the 

 primaries rapidly graduated, the first being longest; the number of quills 

 sixteen. Tail of moderate length, emarginate and rounded. 



Bill and feet black. The compact feathers of the head, cheeks, and throat 

 are blood-red, changing to gold, and having a tinge of blue; the upper parts 

 light gold-green; the quills and tail-feathers dusky brown; the lower parts 

 brownish-white. 



Length to end of tail 3|| inches; bill along the ridge ^-f; wing from 

 flexure Syg-; tail 1^; tarsus ^j hind toe \\, its claw -f|; middle toe f|, its 

 claw \\ . 



Female. 



The female differs from the male in several respects. The tail is rounded, 

 without emargination; the metallic feathers are reduced to an irregular patch 

 on the throat; the upper part of the head and the cheeks are greenish-grey, 

 the upper parts glossy green as in the male, the wings dusky, the middle 

 tail-feathers green, the rest greenish-grey at the base, black toward the 

 end, with the tip white; the lower parts dull grey, the sides tinged with 

 green. 



Length to end of tail 3 T 9 2 inches; bill along the ridge ff ; wing from 

 flexure 2; tail H. 



