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are two large Tulip trees. About 45 feet up, but about 30 feet from where I stood atop the embankment, I saw a little [[margin]] *** [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Hummingbird [[/underlined]] sitting on a dead twig. He was in brilliant sunlight, the sun coming in at a 90° angle from me, at 8:15 A.M., E.D.T. I first noticed the lack f the flashing throat, so examined him closely for 5 minutes: [[strikethrough]] throat [[/strikethrough]] bird appeared appreciably smaller than a Ruby-Throat, tho' had no basis of comparison right there; chest & under-body sooty-gray, upper chest & base of throat lighter, almost white; gorget appeared black, altho once I thought I had an impression of ^ [[insertion]] deep [[/insertion]] maroon; bill was long, slender, and slightly decurved; tail deeply forked, [[margin]] See picture two pages back. [[/margin]] very noticeable when closed or spread; did not get good