. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. HUMMINGBIRDS HUMMINGBIRDS. Family TROCHILIDAE HummlnKblrdB liave been truly called "Winged ; They are the small- est of birds the usual plumage being a metallic green with throat or crown patches of the brightest of Iridescent shining red, orange, blue or violet Their nests are marvels of architecture being compactly and intricately made of plant Hbres and downy feathers ornamented In some ca
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. HUMMINGBIRDS HUMMINGBIRDS. Family TROCHILIDAE HummlnKblrdB liave been truly called "Winged ; They are the small- est of birds the usual plumage being a metallic green with throat or crown patches of the brightest of Iridescent shining red, orange, blue or violet Their nests are marvels of architecture being compactly and intricately made of plant Hbres and downy feathers ornamented In some cases with lichens Their fliKht Is accompanied by a peculiar buziing sound produced by their rapidly vlbratlUK stiffened win,- feathers. Their food Is small viurauug insects ind honey both of which they get chief- ly from flowers. >2<i. RivoLi's ). Eugenes fulgent. Range.âMexico, north in summer to south- ern Arizona where they breed at high eleva- tions in the Huachuca Mountains. This Is one of the most gorgeous of the Hum- mers having the crown a violet purple color ""'''^. *'"'°*' brilliant green. This species saddles its nest upon branches often at heights of 20 or 30 feet from the ground. They are "".^u .."J â¢*'""' "'°*° ""^ generally decorated with lichens on the outside, similar to nests of the Ruby-throat. The two white eggs measure .65 X .40. ^â 27. BU'E-THROATED HuMMiNflBIRD. Cyanoltemun clemenrio'. Range.âMexico, north In summer to the border of Arizona and western New Mexico This species is the largest of North Ameri- can Hummers being Inches long, this be- ing slightly larger than the preceding. As the name Implies, it has a patch of blue on the throat, the upper parts being a unlfoim green- ish; the outer tall feathers are broadly tipped witli white. Their nests, which are placed up- on the limbs of trees, are made of mosses and plant fibres covered with cobwebs. The tw
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