Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD.

427. Cyanolæmus clemenciae. 5 inches.

This bird is a trifle larger than the preceding, and, as the name implies, it has an iridescent bright blue throat, with a streak of white extending from the bill to back of the eye, the upper parts of a uniform greenish color, under parts are a greenish gray. Tail dark with outer tail feathers broadly tipped with white.

Nest.—Is built similar to above, but placed at lower elevations, at times very near the ground. They are to be found only in Arizona and the southern borders of the United States.