. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :ts, their eggs and ing to the season, d fortune to meet loinitains in Penn- iion in the dreary It is remarkable present as to have , is f(jund to inhabit ^iditlatiis oi Vieillot) k'; the tarsi are also I with white. northern New Eng- vcs hiwc been taktMi onally one is met in ick. )ODrFXKER. CKIiK. â¢kly spotted with white white; beneath, white; ,w patch on the crown. ad tree. cists as a permanent Lake Stipcrior and n Woodpec
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :ts, their eggs and ing to the season, d fortune to meet loinitains in Penn- iion in the dreary It is remarkable present as to have , is f(jund to inhabit ^iditlatiis oi Vieillot) k'; the tarsi are also I with white. northern New Eng- vcs hiwc been taktMi onally one is met in ick. )ODrFXKER. CKIiK. â¢kly spotted with white white; beneath, white; ,w patch on the crown. ad tree. cists as a permanent Lake Stipcrior and n Woodpecker north villosiis in its habits, decaying trees of the s holes large enough uth as New Brunswick, and Dr. Merriam has /v. ' -- ^ Hi, ' ' I. .,â / /. RUBV-THROA'ITJ) HUMMING 1!IRD. Trochilus coluhris. Char. Above, metallic j;recii; wings and tail brownish violet or bronzy; chin velvety black ; throat rich ruby, reflecting various hues from brownish black to bright cr son ; belly whitish. Female and young without red on the throat, which is dull gray; tail-feathers barred with black and tipped with white. Length 3 to t,% inches. Nest. In an orchard or open woodland ; placed on a horizontal branch or in a crotch, made of plant down firmly felted and covered exteriorly with lichens. l\i;^s. 2-?; white, with rosy tint when fresh ; This wonderfully diminutive and brilliant bird is the only one of an American genus of more than a hinidred species, which ventures beyond the limit of tropical climates. Its approaches towards the north are regulated by the advances of the season. Fed on the honeyed sweets of flowers, it is an exclusive attendant on the varied boimlies of Flora. Ily the loth to the 20th of Man h, il is ;ilready seen in the mild forests of Louisiana and the warmer maritime districts of (leorgia, where the embowering iind tVagnmt (ic/sriiii/iiii, the twin-leaved liignonia, with a host of daily expanding tlowers, I'lvite our little sylvan guest to the reireat
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