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BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD. 
432. Selasphorus platycercus. 4 inches. 
The crown, back and central tail feathers are a metallic 
green. They do not have the elongated feathers on the throat 
and no ruff. Under parts dull white, shading into light green 
on the sides, the throat is a bright lilac. They are very abun¬ 
dant in Arizona and Colorado, where they nest much as does 
the “Ruby-Throat” in the east. 
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. 
433. Selasphorus rufus. 3*4 inches. 
A beautiful little bird, with the back and tail reddish brown 
and with a throat of orange red, the feathers being lengthened 
into a ruff on the sides of the neck. Their nests are made of 
vegetable fibers covered with lichens and cobwebs, and placed 
near the ground on vines or low-hanging bushes. Two white 
eggs. 
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD. 
434. Selasphorus alleni. 3 inches. 
This is very much like the last, with the back more greenish 
and the tail being a reddish brown. They are found on the 
Pacific Coast from British Columbia southward, breeding most 
abundantly in southern California. 
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