(Trochilus colubris (Linn.)) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

“Topography of a Bird,” from Elliot Coues, Key to North American Birds (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

H. L. Clark, Birds of Amherst and Vicinity (1887; 1906)
- Common name Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Scientific name (Clark) Trochilus colubris Linn .
- Occurrence Common summer resident
- Arrival May 6
- Departure September
- Presence 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Clark's fieldnotes, first and second editions (synthesized) RUBY - THROATED HUMMING BIRD . Metallic green . Male , with a brilliant ruby - red throat patch , and green beneath . Female , without the throat patch , and white beneath . Length , 2 3 - 4 — 3 1 - 4 inches . Common summer resident . Earliest arrival , May 6th ; departs in September . Raises 1 brood . Eggs 2 , white . Nest of moss , covered with lichens and lined with fern or thistle down , on the limb of a tree . Eggs laid in June . Feeds on insects and honey . Beneficial . Male occasionally utters a sharp chirp .
J. A. Allen, Birds of Springfield, Massachusetts (1864)
- Common name Humming Bird
- Scientific name Trochilus colubris
- Occurrence Common summer visitant, breeding plentifully
- Arrival Arrives early in May, and in August is very abundant wherever the Impatiens fulva abounds
Ebenezer Emmons, Birds of Massachusetts (1833)
- Common name Humming Bird
- Scientific name Trochilus Colubris, L.
- Occurrence Regular visitant; breeds in this climate
A. C. Bagg & S. A. Eliot, Jr., Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts (1937)
- Common name Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Scientific name Archilochus colubris
- Occurrence Common summer resident and more common transient in May and from mid-August to mid-September. —Bagg & Eliot
- Arrival May 2
- Departure September 28 (October 2, 13)
Complete Annotated List Amherst Birds 1977/2008 (Fischer & Westover) [formerly Mass Audubon, Birds of Massachusetts (2020)]
- Common name Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Scientific name Archilochus colubris
- Occurrence Present May–August-mid-September. —Mass Audubon
- Arrival May
- Departure August to Mid-September