. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . From Ridgway, 303. 234 HUMMINGBIRDS Mr. Willard of Tombstone, Arizona, says that the noise made bythe wings of the Rivoli hummingbird lacks the sharpness of that ofthe smaller hummers and compares it to the buzzing of an im-mense beetle or bumblebee. He adds that the male may often beseen near the top of some dead tree catching insects like a W. W. Price reports that the hummers feed from iris and alsoagave flowers. In the Chiric
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . From Ridgway, 303. 234 HUMMINGBIRDS Mr. Willard of Tombstone, Arizona, says that the noise made bythe wings of the Rivoli hummingbird lacks the sharpness of that ofthe smaller hummers and compares it to the buzzing of an im-mense beetle or bumblebee. He adds that the male may often beseen near the top of some dead tree catching insects like a W. W. Price reports that the hummers feed from iris and alsoagave flowers. In the Chiricahua Mountains Dr. Fisher found themgleaning from the flowers of a boreal honeysuckle. Mr. Pricerecords them only between the altitudes of from 6500 to 9500 feet. GENUS CCELIGENA. 427. CCBligena clemencise Less. Blue-throated Hummingbird. Tail more than two thirds as long- as wing-, slightly rounded, feathers iiiiiiTi||^ very broad; bill less than one third as long- K«L ^^ wing. Adult male: gorget azure blue; ^^^» streak from bill and back of eye white ; up- ® ^^^ per parts dull bronzy green, changing to purplish black on upp
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