io8 
BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
FAM. TROCHILID/E. 
HUMMING-BIRDS. 
DO RICH A EVELYNS. ( Bonrc .) 
Bahama Woodstar. 
Local Name . — Hummer. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, green, showing slight golden 
reflections on the back, with the tips of the feathers in some speci- 
mens bluish; head darker; throat, beautiful purple-violet, below 
which is a band of white; under parts, green, mixed with rufous, 
shading into white on the flanks ; crissum, pale rufous-white ; 
wings, brownish purple ; tail appearing black, very dark purple in 
some lights ; outer feathers with faint terminal spot of rufous, second 
with inner web, and third with inner and basal half of outer web 
cinnamon ; bill and feet, black. 
Winter Plumage , Female . — Purple gorget wanting, and replaced 
by dull white, with a slight tinge of rufous ; upper parts paler than 
in the male ; sides, cinnamon, becoming brightest under the wings ; 
central feathers of the tail, bright green, the rest cinnamon; an 
oblique purplish band on the tips of the fourth feathers. 
Length 3.40, wing 1.70, tail 1.40, tarsus .15, bill .70. 
