. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . mah : top of head metallic purplish, gorgetbrilliant emerald green: rest of upper parts bronzygreen; under parts blackish green or dull bronzy,breast black in some lights. Adult female : top ofhead dull brownish, small white spot behind eye ;rest of upper parts bronzy gret-n ; lower partsbrownish gray, sides waslied with green; tail wirliouter featliers very broadly tipp, wing )l) tail »(), bill ( Female: wing ,
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . mah : top of head metallic purplish, gorgetbrilliant emerald green: rest of upper parts bronzygreen; under parts blackish green or dull bronzy,breast black in some lights. Adult female : top ofhead dull brownish, small white spot behind eye ;rest of upper parts bronzy gret-n ; lower partsbrownish gray, sides waslied with green; tail wirliouter featliers very broadly tipp, wing )l) tail »(), bill ( Female: wing , , bill ). Distribution. — Mountains of southeastern Ari-zona and mountains bordering tablelands of Mex-ico to Nicaragua. Ne.*it. — Usually in maples, sycamores, or to 50 feet from the ground, made of silky plantfibers and grass tops, coated with lichen and lined with sycamore downand feathers. Food. — Largely insects from flowers such as honeysuckle and im Kidgway, 30:i. 234 HUMMINGBIRDS Mr. Willard of Tombstone, Arizona, says tliat 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. Coeligena clemenciSB Less. Blue-throated more than two thirds as long as wing-, slightly rounded, feathersvery broad; bill less than one third as longas wing. Adult male: gorget azure blue ;streak from bill and back of eye white ; up-per parts dull bronzy green, changing topurplish black on upper tail coverts andtail, outer ta
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