. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. tTrochUus coluhris, L. W.,.sov, ii. p. ac. pi. 10. fig. 3. and 4. A«dc- BON, pi. 47, [a numerous group of old and young.] Orn. Biog. i. p. 848. Fliil- Museum, No. 25'20.) eP. ; tail forked, dusky ; 3 outer tail- feathers rusty-white at tip. - Male with a changeable ruby-colored the female and ,, m^, the throat is nearly white, strongly inclining tc yellow in the young male. This wonderfully diminutive and brilliant bird is the only one of an
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. tTrochUus coluhris, L. W.,.sov, ii. p. ac. pi. 10. fig. 3. and 4. A«dc- BON, pi. 47, [a numerous group of old and young.] Orn. Biog. i. p. 848. Fliil- Museum, No. 25'20.) eP. ; tail forked, dusky ; 3 outer tail- feathers rusty-white at tip. - Male with a changeable ruby-colored the female and ,, m^, the throat is nearly white, strongly inclining tc yellow in the young male. This wonderfully diminutive and brilliant bird is the only one of an American genus, of more than 100 species, which ventures beyond the limit of tropical climates. Its approaches towards the north are regulated by the advanc- es of the season. Fed on the honeyed sweets of flowers, it is an exclusive attendant on the varied bounties of Flora. By the lOth to the 20th of March, it is already seen in the mild forests of Louisiana, and the warmer ma- itime districts of Georgia, where the embowering and fra-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. Cambridge [Mass. ] : Hilliard and Brown
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