Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Calothorax, as C. calliope.
- noun The Bahaman sheartail, a humming-bird, Doricha evelynæ, common in New Providence and Andros islands. See
sheartail .
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In Bolivia are found the Bolivian violet-ear, Warren's wood-star, and many others; but we must bring our description of the humming-birds of this region to a conclusion.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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