ANNA HUMMING-BIRD. 
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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 3f| inches ; bill along the ridge ; wing from 
flexure 2 r V; tail 1J; tarsus ; hind toe jf, its claw middle toe ff, 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 ; wing from 
flexure 2; tail 1£. 
