RUBY-CRESTED HUMMING-BUKD. 
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bronzed green ; the base of the others are of the same 
rufous colour with that of the male ; next there is a 
band of bronzed green, nearly equal in breadth with 
the reddish colour, and this again is succeeded by a 
white conspicuous tip to each feather. 
The nest is remarkable for warmth and compact- 
ness ; the sides being formed almost entirely of cot- 
tony substances, and only on the outside patched with 
the leaves of lichens. 
In distribution this species seems to have a wide 
range, is common in most of the West India islands, 
besides many parts of the southern continent. 
