. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . NORTHERN HUMMING-BIRD. (Trochilus colulris, L. Wilson, ii. p. 2C. pi. 10. fig. 3. and 4. Audu-bon, pi. 47. Orn. Biog. i. p. 248. Bonap. Phil. Museum, ) Spec. Charact.— Golden-green; tail forked, dusky; 3 outer tail-feathers rusty-white at tip. — Male with a changeable ruby-coloredthroat. — In the female and young, the throat is nearly white,strongly inclining to yellow in the young male. This wonderfully diminutive and brilliant bird is theonly one of an American genus, of more than 100 species,which ve
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . NORTHERN HUMMING-BIRD. (Trochilus colulris, L. Wilson, ii. p. 2C. pi. 10. fig. 3. and 4. Audu-bon, pi. 47. Orn. Biog. i. p. 248. Bonap. Phil. Museum, ) Spec. Charact.— Golden-green; tail forked, dusky; 3 outer tail-feathers rusty-white at tip. — Male with a changeable ruby-coloredthroat. — In the female and young, the throat is nearly white,strongly inclining to yellow in the young male. This wonderfully diminutive and brilliant bird is theonly one of an American genus, of more than 100 species,which ventures beyond the limit of tropical climates. Itsapproaches towards the north are regulated by the advancesof the season. Fed on the honeyed sweets of flowers, it isan exclusive attendant on the varied bounties of the 10th to the 20th of March, it is already seen in themild forests of Louisiana, and the warmer maritimedistricts of Georgia, where the embowering and fragrant 708 SLEXDER-BILLED BIRDS. Gelsemiun (Carolina Jessamine), the twin-leaved Bigno-nia,* and th
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