, 344 RUFF-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD. 



found even in the high northern latitudes of the 

 American continent. Its length is three inches 

 and a quarter : the head is of a rich variable green 

 and gold colour : the feathers on the neck are 

 somewhat lengthened, disposed on each side in < 

 the form of a ruff, and are of a brilliant crimson i 

 or ruby-colour v^ith a copper gloss : the back and 

 tail-coverts are rufous or cinnamon-coloured ; the 

 wing-coverts green, and the wings purplish brown : 

 the tail is cuneiform, bright ferruginous at the 

 base, and brown at the tip, and the feathers areS 

 of a pointed shape : the whole under parts, from 

 the throat, are blossom-coloured, or white with a 

 cast of rufous. ] 



The female differs in being of a green-gold 

 colour above, and white beneath : the throat 

 marked by several minute red spots, and the tail- 

 feathers, except the two middle ones, slightly tip- 

 ped with white. 



This species inhabits, in great numbers, the 

 neighbourhood of Nootka Sound, where the na- 

 tives brought many of them to our navigators 

 alive, and fastened by a long hair tied round one 

 of their legs. 



