Ruby-throated Humming-bird

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“Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Humming-bird. Tail forked, its feathers all narrow and pointed; no scales on crown; metallic gorget reflecting ruby-red. Above, golden-green; below, white, the sides green; wings and tail dusky-purplish. Female: Lacking gorget; throat white, speckled with dusky; tail double rounded, the central feathers shorter than the next, the lateral then graduated; all broader than in males to near the end, then rapidly narrowing with concave inner margin; tail with black bars, and the lateral feathers white-tipped; no rufous on tail in either sex.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, hummingbirds, ornithology, Trochilus colubris, North American birds, solitary birds, iridescent birds, hovering birds, fast birds, khummingbirds, Ruby-throated Humming-bird

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Birds: H-I

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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