. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . HUMMINGBIRDS 237. metallic amethyst violet changing to blue and green ; back, rump, and mid-dle tail feathers green or bronze, outer feathers purplish dusky; tailslightly forked, outer feathers abruptly narrowerthan pair next them; under parts whitish, bellyglossed with green. Adult female: under partswhitish, throat more or less spotted with metallicpurple ; sides greenish; upper parts and middletail feathers bronzy green, other feathers grayishbrown at base,
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . HUMMINGBIRDS 237. metallic amethyst violet changing to blue and green ; back, rump, and mid-dle tail feathers green or bronze, outer feathers purplish dusky; tailslightly forked, outer feathers abruptly narrowerthan pair next them; under parts whitish, bellyglossed with green. Adult female: under partswhitish, throat more or less spotted with metallicpurple ; sides greenish; upper parts and middletail feathers bronzy green, other feathers grayishbrown at base, with black subterminal band andwhite tip. Young: similar to female, but duller,and feathers of upper parts narrowly tipped withhuffy whitish. Male : length , wing , tail , bill . Female: length , wing , tail , bill .70. Remarks.—The scales on the crown distinguish ,, ^ , ^ ., costce from any common hummingbird except pj^^ gj^ ^osta Humming-anna, and in costce the glitter is bluish purple, ^-^^.^never pinkish as in anna. The females of anna and costce may be distinguished by the small size of costce,
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