Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leading genus of Platycercinæ, containing more than half the species of this subfamily, having the tail long and ample, with its feathers broad to their ends, and the four middle ones longer than the rest.
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** _Selasphorus platycercus platycercus_ (Swainson).
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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