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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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he birds frequently usethe same nest for both broods. THE BLACK-CHINNED HUMMING-BIRD* The Black-chinned Humming-bird has a long and nar-row range extending along the Pacific Coast from southernBritish Columbia southward into southern Mexico, where itpasses the winter. Eastward its range extends to westernMontana, western Colorado, New Mexico, and westernTexas. In some portions of this range it is very abundant,while in others that are apparently as well suited to its hab-its it is rare, or never seen at all. This humming-bird, which also bears the names purple-throated and Alexandres humming-bird, is very similar inits habits to our eastern ruby-throat. Even in its call notesand antics while wooing its mate it is almost a counterpartof the eastern species. Next to the Annas humming-bird, the black-chinned isthe most conspicuous of all the humming-birds that frequentsouthern California. At twilight it is a frequent visitor tothe orange groves, and later, as night approaches, it retires
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