The western world. Picturesque sketches of nature and natural history in North and South America (1874)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 270
THE SLENDER SHEAR-TAIL. 267 … HUMMING-BIRDS :—-THE SLENDER SHEAR-TAIL. Central America is the home of several beautiful species of those minute members of the feathered tribe—the humming- birds. Among them is found the slender shear-tail, which will be known by its deeply-forked black tail, its wings of purple-brown, and its…
Natural history · Natural history -- America
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