Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"

[Wilson Gray]

Till now, I'd been under the impression that the hummingbird was
called "ruby-throat_ed_."

OTOH, I do appreciate the retention of the hyphen.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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