Plate CCCCXXV. Male and Female.
Bill almost straight, acuminate; tail of moderate length, emarginate
and rounded. Head, cheeks, and throat blood-red, changing to gold, and
having a tinge of blue; upper parts light gold-green; quills and
tail-feathers dusky brown; lower parts brownish-white. Female with
merely a patch of red on the throat, upper part of head and cheeks
greenish-grey; upper parts glossy green as in the male; wings dusky,
middle tail-feathers green, the rest greenish-grey at the base, black
toward the end, with the tips white; lower parts dull grey, sides
tinged with brown.
_Male_, 3-10/12, wing, 2-1/12.
Rocky Mountains towards California. Common. Migratory.
Oiseau-mouche Anna, Ornismya Anna, Less. Traite d'Ornith. p.
281.
Anna Humming Bird, Trochilus Anna, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
238.