. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. Drawing by R. I. Brasher RDBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (i nat. size) A feathered midget who does not hesitate to tackle a big Hawk ish; lores, dusky ; cheeks and under parts, dull grayish- white or very pale brownish-gray (usually more decidedly whitish on chin, throat, and cheeks), the flanks and shorter under tail-coverts usually tinged with pale buffy-brownish; thigh tufts and tuft on each side of rump, white; bill, etc., as in adult male. Nest and Eggs.— Nest: An exquisite cup, less than two inches across, of felted plant, fern, or dande- lion-seed
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. Drawing by R. I. Brasher RDBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (i nat. size) A feathered midget who does not hesitate to tackle a big Hawk ish; lores, dusky ; cheeks and under parts, dull grayish- white or very pale brownish-gray (usually more decidedly whitish on chin, throat, and cheeks), the flanks and shorter under tail-coverts usually tinged with pale buffy-brownish; thigh tufts and tuft on each side of rump, white; bill, etc., as in adult male. Nest and Eggs.— Nest: An exquisite cup, less than two inches across, of felted plant, fern, or dande- lion-seed down, covered so perfectly with moss and lichens and fastened with spider webs as to appear a mere protuberance on the limb, and lined with a layer of the finest down. Eccs: 2, pure white. Distribution.— Eastern North America ; north, regu- larly to southern Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, and Keewatin (to about latitude 52°), and in the interior to northern and central Alberta; west to about middle portion of Great Plains (along streams) ; breeding southward to middle Florida and along the Gulf coast to west-central Texas; wintering from middle and southern Florida and southern Texas southward through southern Mexico and Central America to Panama; casual in Cuba in migration. Color.— Adult Male: Above, metallic bronze-green, including middle pair of tail-feathers; wings, dark brownish-slate or dusky, faintly glossed with purplish; tail (except middle pair of feathers), dark bronzy- purplish or purplish bronzy-black; chin, cheeks, region below the eyes, and the sides of head, velvety-black; a small spot back of eye, white; whole throat, brilliant metallic red changing to golden or even greenish in different lights ; chest, dull brownish-white or very pale bufify brownish-gray, passing gradually into deeper brownish-gray on breast and abdomen, the sides and flanks darker and overlaid by metallic bronze-green; thigh tufts and tuft on each side of rump, white; under tail-coverts
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